Regarding scary movies I have watch Skinamarink at least 4 times and nothing, I was bore out of my mind. I’ve come to the conclusion that maybe the movie lands different for latch key kids.
Regarding movies that don’t hit…. I’m in the minority of not liking The Babadook. I was bored. I know it was more about emotional trauma, but I was bored.
I love the Babadook as a character…I hated that freaking movie.
I’ve avoided Skinamarink because too many people I know didn’t like it so I can’t decide if I should bother.
skinamarink felt like it was trying to make me feel things I was already desensitized to by the age 10. To me this movie would hit harder for kids who had helicopter parents The anxiety it was trying to drum up I was over by the age of 10.
Every LKK knows that airy, exposed, on your own vibe that hovers until you start making your lunch and doing your laundry, and getting ready for your parents to come home.
I remember those days…
Yup.
I'm the youngest of 4 so for a while there was always someone else around or at least I knew someone else would be home before my parents but holy cow the number of times I used to jam a chair under the front and back door doorknobs and walk around the house holding a knife was...a lot. :)
I’m the youngest, so there was no one else at home by the time I was allowed to stay by myself. Both my siblings were out and about by that time. I lived in an apartment building, so I was less nervous about it.
I was an only child whose bio dad did shift work at a steel mill and my mother was a waitress and exotic dancer. So both my days and nights were somewhat surreal now that I think back, I will always be happy they enrolled me in afternoon kindergarten if not I don’t think I would have ever made it to school.
I honestly think these days are why I’m child free.
