Canadian low-budget horror film Skinamarink is incredible. But lower your expectations
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Loading... - Ella Jones
- 30 Jan 2023
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Reviewing Skinamarink poses a unique challenge that doesn't often come up often — and not because I spent parts of it too scared to actually look at the screen.
For Edmonton director Kyle Edward Ball's shoe-string budget Skinamarink, it's not the proof, but the problem that's in the pudding. The tiny experimental horror flick gained an accidental cult following after it was pirated, then clips spread online like wildfire. But all is not as it appears.
The problem with reviewing Skinamarink is that what you expect is not what you're going to get; an uncontrolled ad campaign has misrepresented a deeply, and intentionally, strange film. Even though it has cemented its place as one of my favourite releases of 2023, I almost feel I'd have better odds playing Russian roulette with a fully loaded gun than finding someone to recommend it to who'd actually enjoy it.
Embarrassingly when talking about something as deep and nuanced as Skinamarink, the best way I can think of to interpret it is through The Office. Read More…
