So I both read and watched the new movie as well as got through the book. And let me just start by saying there was quite a bit left out of the book from the movie but nothing I felt truly took away from the book. The book is gruesome. Like no joke it is one of those things that is just brutally gory which I think the second movie compared to the first acknowledged. I also think that we just saw into the characters more so than we ever had. Obviously, movies can only cover so much. But the book just made me feel closer to these kids who in the end are just children and we see that with how they interact with one another and each other. You can even bring up the group sex scene that ends up happening in it (weird part) can be equated to a coming of age portion in the book and binding all of these kids together.
This is probably one of my favorite horror movies that I have seen yet to date in terms of seeing something new with horror. I loved this movie- and it was due to purely its concept. Not only does it address it's racism of the time and doesn't try to avoid it with both African American's and Native Americans- but actually addresses it. Without spoiling anything because I encourage anyone who is a fan of monster movies to watch it, my favorite part was just the attention to detail on all the characters and the reaction. No one is doing western horror. I have no idea why because there is so much that can be done with the concept and it is such a time of discovery and bandits and really hits home with those who grew up watching those old spaghetti western that could really speak to an older audience. I just think it is amazing. Like Red Dead Redemption the game had such a wide reception that I think that it is a genre that isn't really addressed in the more modern literatu...
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