This also doesn't even cover John's alcoholism and what that addiction has led him to do to his girlfriend prior to the film's events. It might have added more depth to the characters and why their lives have taken divergent paths. I wish the film had explored that dynamic more. Gordon seems to be doing well for himself, in spite of inheriting his father's alcoholism, and John's life hasn't gone as planned, let's just say. Gordon left the first chance he could and left John behind. John and Gordon, the brothers in question, have been driven apart by their shared experiences of living with their drunk of a father, who has been missing for seven months at the beginning of the movie. I just wish the brotherly angle was explored further. The cast is also quite good all things considered. Perhaps it doesn't go as far as it can with the concept, but I found it to be a well-written movie with an interesting narrative and some really strong gore. Having said all of that, I still think that this is an enjoyable horror movie. And I can't really blame them for that, they just didn't have the type of budget to make the game 'world' as it were as trippy as it probably should have been given the concept, but, again, that sort of holds the movie back to me. The only difference is that the lighting was different and there was way more smoke That's it, there's no real aesthetic changes, just the lighting and the smoke. I believe that might be the wrong word to describe it, but the game's world felt way too similar to the real world. For example, when the leads find themselves trapped in the game's world, the look of the place was just kind of a turn off. Admittedly speaking the movie, while having a great concept, doesn't really have the budget to back it up. Though, sadly, with a limited budget I can see this movie not gaining as much traction as a film like, say, It Follows (an excellent horror movie). Though it's concepts like this, and their execution, that brings attention to horror movies from those who look at the genre derisively, and there's plenty of them. This is something I applaud in every movie, regardless of genre. To say the least, this movie certainly has a very ambitious concept. Thanks to this movie, now I'm sort of compelled to seek out some of these VHS board games, which sound cool as shit. I wish I could remember the name of that thing, but that's neither here nor there. It wasn't exactly a game, but there were times when the wolf would respond to what was happening. I remember having like a talking wolf thing that came with a VCR. Though I am familiar with toys that have VCRs attached to them. I've never played a VHS board game, I think that sort of predates my generation.
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