#misc reviews

Mostly spoiler-free, a bit of a ramble

It's a great cosmic horror! I think effective cosmic horror leaves you a bit confused about who and what exactly happened by the end. The practical effects were amazing. They were gooey and gory and now one of my friends thinks I have a weird obsession with meat (not saying he's right, but maybe I'll review the game Scorn sometime too) The creature designs were great, and again the practical effects with them were just disgusting. I loved it.

If you've seen it, definitely go watch the behind the scenes featurette on yt called "Nightmare Logic"! I love movies made with more love and passion than budget, and this is a perfect example of that - though it didn't seem very low budget at all. They mention Silent Hill as an inspiration, and I definitely picked up on that while watching. I think this movie could easily translate into a really good videogame, especially in that grainy, low poly, retro style. Criticisms:

A lot of flashing/strobing lights. If you have any sensitivity for flashing lights, be careful.

A personal opinion, I think pregnancy-centered body horror is one of the lowest hanging fruits in the body horror genre, because pregnancy is already is pretty horrifying on its own. It can be done well, but the ratio of men vs women and instances of pregnancy body horror felt off in this one.

Oh, sure, Fingers I did have more thoughts on.

Fingers is meant to be paralleled with Zero. Jet is the next victim in this toxic cycle--and Fingers was the one who came before. (His time in that occupation came to an end because, as they say, he was missing a nose and an ear and he was no longer cute. As to how he lost those bits--punishment for being caught in petty crimes.) That’s why Fingers is the one who nominally protests when they’re like “hey let’s pimp out the kid”, and why he feels some degree of connection to Zero that leads him to be something of a personal mentor to him.

None of this is strictly necessary to enjoy the fic, but it’s my headcanon www.

Ah, thanks! :D!

I guess if you wanted to go Full French Poverty Drama you could make an argument for teeth, but I’m not personally inclined to go Full French Poverty Drama. So as far as actual chunks of flesh missing goes, I don’t personally have any headcanons to that effect (other than a couple of nasty scars) but mostly because I haven’t really dedicated a whole lot of thought to “what other body parts could Zero be missing??”

“sad pudding silliness” is the best phrase honestly