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Andrew S @Andrewfev 5d Vicious leans hard into the now-exhausted "emotional trauma as horror" trope. What once felt innovative in films like The Babadook—where the audience was left unsure if the threat was psychological or supernatural—has become a predictable formula. The film follows familiar beats: a fragile protagonist, symbolic menace, blurred reality, and anxiety masquerading as terror, without offering a fresh perspective. Rather than building genuine tension, the movie telegraphs its intentions early, making each escalation feel inevitable rather than unsettling. Trauma is used as a narrative shortcut instead of being explored with depth, and ambiguity functions more as a safety net than a bold creative choice. Competently made but uninspired, Vicious exemplifies a genre stuck in repetition. Emotional horror isn’t inherently flawed, but without new ideas or risks, it becomes hollow. Familiarity, not fear, is the film’s lasting impression. See more Melissa D @Meliss485 Dec 16 I agree with so many others. NO explanation of any of the characters that she cares so deeply about. SO why should I care? None of it makes any sense. Just a plotline that makes no sense. And it's all so dark. I don't mean thematically, I mean the lighting. None of her actions make any sense. There just isn't enough background or explanation to any of it. See more Jhonnaudy N. @Jhonnaudy Dec 16 The storyline was a little bit confusing. See more Ariana L @Ariana_Lee_ Dec 12 The writers or creators gave us nothing. The plot cuts off and gets confusing as hell. It starts off alright, we get a tiny bit of background but not quite enough to introduce us to the characters. Suddenly someone gives her some haunted object and shit goes down, she has to give something she hates loves and wants or some crap, it was okay throughout but right as she gives it away that's when it got confusing, they never gave us a real ending. I hate when I have to hunt down answers when the creators don't do their jobs. Who were those dead people giving her jump scares for the 'lols', why does it force you to mutilate yourself? What was the overall purpose. I think they gave all the films budget to Dakota, though she did an incredible job unfortunately everyone who created this gave it nothing lol. I watch a lot of bad ones and this is one of them. See more La P. @Certifiedcritique Dec 12 SPOILER I’m giving this a 5/10. Horrible storyline that just jumps right in without letting you know any of the characters, and the “scary” scenes were super predictable and honestly just dumb. I hated how they didn’t let her figure out the whole “what she needed, wanted, and loved” thing on her own, and it felt weird watching the same people threatening her life suddenly guide her on what to put in the box. If they had just let her leave and try to live her normal life while seeing the timer and slowly going mentally downhill, it would’ve been way more interesting, but by helping her, they killed the threat and made the whole thing less scary. Anytime they tried to build suspense, it led nowhere with dramatic music for some zombie-looking creature to spook her toward the next exit, followed by cheesy SFX. And I really can’t stand blondes in horror movies except the one in Weapons 2; they cast them like they’re inspired by Scary Movie, overacting and dragging scenes while playing dumb. This blonde annoyed the hell out of me, moving slow, taking forever to realize the box was the problem, and acting so naïve it was painful, and realistically the timer would’ve run out with all that time she spent staring into space smoking cigarettes 🙄. It was also weird how they picked and chose when to start or delay the timer; I get it’s “for the movie,” but at least make it make sense. Overall it felt like watching a horror movie on mute, waiting for something good to happen that never does. I knew the box wanted her, I knew it would circle back to the old lady, and I knew she’d go digging for answers just to learn the house “wants more,” which is edgy but also basic and pointless. Maybe I’m just used to actual quality horror, because these new ones hit like a joke; But they don’t try anymore, they just find some old people, a blonde, good cameras, a cheesy title, dark lighting, and call it a horror film. NO. Bring back horror that actually made sense, gave you chills, made you jump and check your surroundings, and made you want to turn the lights on. 👎🏻 See more Matthias G @Punxsu Dec 8 Vicious starts out as an intense, claustrophobic horror shocker with genuine psychological depth. In the second half, however, it gradually loses focus and no longer seems to know what it wants to be, ending up a bit of everything but never really excelling at anything. See more Read all reviews

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