I wanted to acknowledge the recent news: it’s come to light that Alice Sebold falsely accused an innocent man who spent 16 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Meanwhile, the true perpetrator walked free. My heart goes out to Anthony Broadwater. It’s no secret that our criminal justice system tends to target / treat black men more unfavorably (especially when accused by white women), and because the case brought against him back in the ‘80s was so flimsy that seems to be what happened here. One note: this doesn’t take away from the reality that millions of people experience sexual assault and should seek justice. I hope we can acknowledge the injustices that happen to SA victims as well as the injustices of our legal system without invalidating one or the other.

@crazierthan-u7571

2 жыл бұрын

It happens to white men as well, but it's kind of beside the point, which is the unreliability of eyewitness testimony, especially from someone who has been severely traumatized. The officers of the courts are well aware, or should be, of this problem. Juries find the testimony of assault victims who have misidentified their assailant very convincing because the victim truly believes her faulty memory. So you've got a woman who is already living with the trauma of the brutal assault that screwed up her own life being hit with the horror that she has destroyed the life of someone else -- an innocent man. The men in these cases I have heard about show nothing but compassion and forgiveness toward these women, which seems more amazing than it probably is because these men get it. Their lives were ruined by an irresponsible court system, by whom they should be richly compensated. Nothing can give back those wasted years, but a coupla million bucks wouldn't hurt. And what about the sorry son of a bitch who actually committed the crime? Can the two people whose lives were shredded by his actions ever overcome their rage and grief?

@nicecoolmarsha

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for discussing this. Very well said.

@jasminchavez9060

2 жыл бұрын

yup i think it’s important and sad to note the only reason people found out is when they started making the movie the directors started poking holes in her stories and decided to cut out anything to do with what the author claimed

@shqueeebee1666

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know that *she* falsely accused him, since she couldn’t pick him from a lineup. The police caught the wrong guy and never put forth any efforts to find the right person

@crazierthan-u7571

2 жыл бұрын

@Yi Tanjo This is more than just a black isseue.

is no one gonna talk about stanley tucci's range as an actor??? he played gay men roles in burlesque and devil wears prada and here he is as a serial killer traumatizing everyone. damn.

@miscellaneous1535

3 жыл бұрын

YES!!! He is so impressive!!!

@nikkip6314

3 жыл бұрын

Yes that is him! How I missed that one.🤦

@reesea7988

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget hunger games!!

@fannyalexander5906

3 жыл бұрын

He was nominated for this

@tatum635

3 жыл бұрын

I didnt even realize it was him until I saw this video. I think the blue contacts threw me off.

The best thing about this movie is it gives the victim a voice. They always make movies and write books about serial killers and the victims are forgotten.

@josiedoyle2754

3 жыл бұрын

yepp, my first thought when i read this was “lolita”

@deadartist8827

3 жыл бұрын

Very true.

@heatherlee2967

3 жыл бұрын

+++

@heatherlee2967

3 жыл бұрын

This

@JM-mr6pz

3 жыл бұрын

Such a good point

Fun fact: Stanley (who plays the murdering r4p1st) only agreed to play the role if he has a complete makeover wherein he’s does not look like himself. He did not want that character associated with him at all

@juris1827

Жыл бұрын

But Stanley himself (the actor) was tattooed in my mind after watching that movie "The Lovely Bones". Whenever I see him on other movies or series after that, "The Lovely Bones" movie was the first thing that ring a bell on my mind. 😁

@okoyechristiana1396

Жыл бұрын

Seeing Stanley Tucci star as Mr Harvey in The Lovely Bones made me see him differently after I remembered other movies he starred in.

@NinjaFlibble

Жыл бұрын

I understand him wanting that. Plenty of people who can't divorce a character from their actor and will hate an actor because they did an evil character well or whatever other reason they don't like a character

@liasunshine7470

Жыл бұрын

I got over my hate for this character through my Love of Stanley Tucci. It's easy, he's amazing. I really loved him as Paul Child & I think he's about to Play Whitney Houstons manager which should be Amazing!

@thebidding.870

Жыл бұрын

I remember him as Nigel 👠

“It’s a look too many young girls are familiar with seeing on grown mens faces.” That line got me. I hate how true it is.

@WynneL

Жыл бұрын

Yup. That hit very hard because I think it's almost all of us (and some unfortunate boys as well.)

@zhadom1902

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's insane to assert that this only happens to women and girls, so many boys have the same fate as salmon but it's ignored. Ghoulish

@louwinters508

Жыл бұрын

​​@@zhadom1902 oh god yeh. Yeh ever heard the Candy man. Dean Corrl. His target was teenaged boys. It's one of the worst cases I've ever heard of. And do you know what you are right. People were saying the boys must have been gay. Like that matters and it's not even true. Whether they were or not doesn't matter. They weren't coming on to their killer at all. They were teen boys. The youngest was 13. They never say that about a straight girl who was killed. Oh she must have been straight and come onto her killer. Even the lad who was kidnapped for years by a pedophile Steven Stayner. From the age of 7. People were calling him gay as an insult after his escape. Even his family were embarrassed. As if he wasn't raped for 7 years. Society is fucking sick. Boys are seen as less innocent.

@notimportant3686

Жыл бұрын

... EVERY SINGLE WOMAN HAS... the problem is... these women have that feeling misplaced about 95% of the time... and i'm not condemning or condoning... it's biological/primal caveman instincts.... it's the same reason you hear a leaf rustle in the forest and you dart a panicked glance in that direction immediately because your primal brain remembers predators and snakes even though 99% of the time it's just wind rustling leaves

@cindy9881

Жыл бұрын

@@zhadom1902 do grown women cat call you in your school uniform? do they hit on you randomly at the gas station just trying to pump gas. Do they insist that they should know your name and where you go to school? Have you been followed by a woman in a van riding beside you asking where’s your house I’ll take you. Women target young boys in a more calculated and subtle fashion. Male killers/rapists are twice as likely to stalk their victims as opposed to females. Shedding light on the relatability of that “look” does not diminish the pain of other victims.

I think the reason he was never caught in the movie is to show how often rapists and murderers DONT get caught. They often live long full lives

@BrokensoulRider

3 жыл бұрын

@Paul WT Actually, that scene is assumed to be years after the girl's death. It's more akin to the common saying 'what goes around, comes around'.

@wrongorange

3 жыл бұрын

@Paul WT worst of both worlds narratively but still a very realistic ending

@shaymaamahmoud6739

3 жыл бұрын

This. One of the worst things about the ´long, full life´ is knowing they will continue to offend and in many cases, will continue to have access to more victims.

@lialia2268

3 жыл бұрын

@@shaymaamahmoud6739 absolutely. It’s very sad and sickening

@LangBellsChannel

3 жыл бұрын

It's true, I found out something disturbing about someone I knew after they died.

What touches me most with this film is when Susie's mother finally enters her room and makes her bed. Susie finally has her *own* moment of closure and is able to finally go. And that last quote... "I was here for a moment, and then I was gone." Wow.

@QualityCulture

3 жыл бұрын

That part is so moving, her mom was finally ready to heal, so Susie could move on. And that last line always gets me too! Feels like a grounded and comforting way to frame it all, and a way to suggest that ‘life goes on’.

@RealiTeaV

3 жыл бұрын

I cry every single time at that part

@kaleahcollins4567

3 жыл бұрын

She's not at peace and nor will her family be

@dinkledankle

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaleahcollins4567 Well they don't actually exist, so I don't think it matters 🤷‍♂️

@Anelleclosett

3 жыл бұрын

@@dinkledankle Oh, they do exist. Tens of thousands of them do...

A friend of mine was stabbed to death in front of her family's apartment in broad daylight. No witness helped, but they sure talked about it to the reporters. For my dear friend it was not a stranger who hurt her but someone she lived with previously but she had escaped from. He said he did it out of love for her. I will always remember her how I knew her, but it breaks my heart that many more know her "that dead girl." She was a singer, a dancer, and an actress. She loved pasta (even though she had celiac, poor thing). She was a sister, a daughter, and just recently became an aunt (posthumously). Her family and friends love her and miss her.

@Gaby-fb7gh

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry love.

@geliz2486

Жыл бұрын

I‘m so sorry.

@Poisonivy28

Жыл бұрын

Oh gosh 😢❤

@alianamanzana2452

Жыл бұрын

What piece of shits those witnesses are….

@NaetheNatural

Жыл бұрын

Ppl are cowards I swear

There was actually supposed to be a scene that showed the SA more, but the actors were uncomfortable with the idea so it was cut from the movie. Probably a smarter choice not only for the actors' sakes but the audiences too, it also makes it a lot creepier and unsettling with it just being implied rather than shoved in our faces.

@Threeleebird

Жыл бұрын

Really, I don't feel the SA cutscenes were necessary. Not only because the actress was a minor, but because the movie already makes you suffer and including scenes like that would make it much worse.

@annaskippings6256

Жыл бұрын

Your comment reminds me of the recent Brooke Shields documentary that showcased her earlier film career as a very young actress performing sexualising scenes with much older actors. Albeit in the late 70s/early 80s, but all the same, the discomfort of her scene-making and the ultimate sexualisation of herself and this depiction of the young female population at large as a result, really goes to show just how much society - life - imitates this sickening art. It's very sad and very disturbing (the reality, not your comment)😊

@Nodeal757

11 ай бұрын

​@annaskippings6256 brooke shields childhood breaks my heart 💔 she was even in a playboy knock off by Hugh hefner topless when she was 11 years old! Wtf??! How at any point in time is that OK? I remember seeing the film pretty baby and it horrified me that this little girl was being so sexualised. Same with the other film on the island with the boy when she 14- think its called Blue Lagoon? Just huge shame on her parents and the gross Hollywood weirdos that used her in that way 🤢💔

@eveelee4152

5 ай бұрын

The tubes scene you can kinda guess what he did the white cloth over his face was a dead give away

@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe

2 ай бұрын

Nothing is needed after all. But I do wish I would've been more traumatized by the emotions of such an experience. As it also is a way of invalidating and brushing these very real experiences of victims under the rug. Sorry if I sound like someone you disagree with, I really don't care anyway.

This movie was the definition of “trust your instincts”

@mickymacanori1768

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it also showcases how "trust your instincts" may be too late. Notice how she didn't have any instincts about going down into that bunker. How, she genuinely thought she was safe from harm until her instincts kicked in. By that point, it was too late. She had no way of getting out after she had a bad gut feeling. I imagine that's how other bad things happen. People aren't suspicious until it's too late. This is why we have to warn people about certain cons and things so that they don't end up failed by instincts that never happen.

@Hekateras

3 жыл бұрын

@@mickymacanori1768 It's not even necessarily about instincts. The instinct to trust in authority (in an adult) is STRONG at that age, hell, at any age and it can be more powerful than the instinct of self-preservation or mistrust. Standing up for yourself, as well as setting boundaries even when it means being rude, especially to an authority, is a learned skill, and even plenty adults don't have it. And sometimes standing up for yourself is actually more dangerous, while with "playing along" there's a chance you'll be left alone if you behave. Many people in dangerous situations just freeze because of this (and freezing includes going along with whatever's asked of them). Add to this the problem of people, especially girls/women, being actively socialised from an early age to be polite and not make a scene - hell, even the gut instinct, or "woman's intuition", is denigrated as something flimsy and unreliable when it's a woman experiencing it. Something really bizarre happens when you're reasonably alone with someone you don't really trust but who's not technically being threatening. I'm a grown woman and yet I've been in situations where strange men started asking me (pretty personal) questions like what my name is, what I study, where I live, etc., down to asking me to add them on Facebook (which I did, despite telling them I barely used it... unfriended them when I got home). It is RIDICULOUSLY difficult to just say "I don't want to talk to you" and walk away - instinctually you act polite, answer them with truths and half-truths or soft lies, and wait until they "let" you leave/let the conversation end. I cannot emphasise how strange it is to find yourself doing that, as if compelled by an ancient lizard brain, when you usually have no issue telling people off for smoking on the bus or being too loud in a study room. It's impossible to imagine or relate to unless you've been in this situation.

@mickymacanori1768

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hekateras You know what, you're so right. I have been coerced into many uncomfortable experiences and situations by men that made me unfortunately, by just not being able to say no. I froze up many times. I guess now that I can say "No" as easy as I can breathe (as you said, it was definitely a learned thing and had to be practiced), I had a different perspective. You provided a great in-depth explanation on it!

@sandpiperr

3 жыл бұрын

@@mickymacanori1768 It's interesting because there have been a few times in my life when I feel like my instincts did protect me. They were times when this really intense fear and sense of alarm just hit me out of no where, and without even thinking about it I left a situation or stood up for myself without thinking about "Am I being rude?"...in the moment. I believe that this was instinct because there was nothing, outwardly, about the situation, that should triggered such a strong and urgent sense of alarm. However, I did still find myself second guessing myself afterward when I felt safe again. Wondering if I'd done the right thing or if I had been too rude in the situation. So trusting your instincts is a difficult thing, even in times when it does come naturally to you, because you kind of talk yourself out of doing it the next time.

@GoddoDoggo

3 жыл бұрын

@@mickymacanori1768 Jesus, reading some of your guys' experiences, I've never been so happy that I was an antisocial asshole of a kid shaped by my dad telling me to question ALL authority and trust nobody, ever, not even him. I had no friends and hated everyone, but at least I didn't have any pedophiles all up in my shit either.

Susie's screaming rage when she realizes she has been robbed of her life by this creep was pretty intense, I thought.

@bradenclark1560

3 жыл бұрын

If you've seen the behind the scenes footage, you can tell just how emotionally difficult that part was for Saoirse.

@hellomarisolmo

3 жыл бұрын

It was a very intense.

@jcap8391

3 жыл бұрын

This movie was painful to watch. I like to put myself in positions of characters depicted in movies. The way I love is too strong I feel like any of this would break me as a human being. It was a good but sad movie. I would not watch this movie again it made me depressed for a long time

@crazierthan-u7571

3 жыл бұрын

@@jcap8391 I know how it is to lose a daughter. But mine died in an accident in 1993. People whose children are deliberately killed by someone have a whole extra dimension of crap to deal with that it's hard for me to imagine. In any case, the pain of such a loss never goes away, although it gets different. After 27 years, the pain of her absence remains vast. There are days when I focus on it and days when I hardly notice it, but it's constantly there, like the sky.

@nightynightshade

3 жыл бұрын

In that part, when she sees the safe. She screams also because she realizes her body parts are in there. And the weight of what he did sinks in.

The fact that Susie's body was never recovered upset me, but honestly, it's a much more realistic portrayal.

@ameliepilie4717

6 ай бұрын

Yes especially because it’s set in the 70s so no DNA or anything really to help them 💔 so many girls gone and never found

@jonnnnniej

5 ай бұрын

Yea, it made the hurt we felt watching it linger. No real closure, just like the family. It was frustrating, but also made it that much stronger. Almost every crime serie, thriller, or horror movie gives us a beginning and an ending in the span of a few hours at most. But real-life pain, trauma, and grieve doesn't work like that. Still, time heals our wounds and working through pain cam bring a much deeper understanding of life and happiness :)

@letsfindabetteryou5971

2 ай бұрын

In the books a dog bites Susie's elbow and drag it to its owner.The book also elaborates that her body was cut in pieces but the movie chose not to show it.

When I was a young tween, not understanding English very well yet, my family watched this movie because we thought it was gonna be a family movie. Never in my life at that time I have seen my father sob so much, he wasn't a very emotionally expressive person- (excluding his sister's funeral several years prior), and for a movie at that. He said he kept thinking about how he hopes this never happened to any daughter in the world because he never wanted the possibility of it to happen to me. Now that I understand the movie better, I am left broken with this memory. I cannot stop crying right now. Now that my dear dad is gone, I can never rewatch this film ever again. It just now exists in my heart. The deep sadness of the film and the memory linked to it.

@beckysuperswag

Жыл бұрын

what a lovely father you had ❤

@willowloe6917

3 ай бұрын

This just brought tears to my eyes. You had a wonderful father. Rest in peace

I was in a similar situation as Susie when I was in high school, I was walking home from school. When a guy approached me in his car and asked if I wanted a ride home. I was all alone on that street, not even a human insight. I never had such a panic in my life, I replied "No, thank you my house is just around the corner." And he kept on insisting to the point of stopping his car and got out, once he did. Out of nowhere this lady who was walking behind me grabbed my hand. And said "Darling I've been looking for you looks like you went ahead." I've never felt a sense of relief and panic in my entire life. It was as if my whole life went before me, she walked with me all the way home.

@genera1013

3 жыл бұрын

That woman is a hero. I'm glad you got away. I've had people try this when I'm walking during the day and even then it's super scary.

@KyrieFortune

3 жыл бұрын

Something similar happened to a girl I know, but she ignored the woman too. Turned out to be the right move, the woman was in cahoots with the man.

@grayblues.6424

3 жыл бұрын

@@KyrieFortune Exactly!! Always be aware of everyone

@ghoullovinbutch

3 жыл бұрын

This brings to mind stories of women knocking on a door to a random house and saying that’s their aunt’s house or their grandma’s house or their dad’s house or whatever and enthusiastically greeting them and when the bewildered homeowner sees the look on their face, they play along and let the woman in.

@nataliseleo441

3 жыл бұрын

She’s my new idol

Most scary movies we can tell ourselves it’s just a movie. With this we can’t. It happens to real people. All the time. It’s real.

@nataliaadorno285

3 жыл бұрын

Sheesh true af

@FlowerGirlMy

3 жыл бұрын

That is exactly why it's so scary - cause it's real.

@k0taa

3 жыл бұрын

thats the scariest part. the fact that this story could be ours or a family members 🧍‍♀️

@alexandratwoface6422

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@GiorgiNemsitsveridze

3 жыл бұрын

I'm terrified of becoming a parent (bit more of having a daughter) for that reason. Though, I know that overprotection isn't a way out either, children shouldn't be naïve, they should know that the real world can be ugly. It's scary but you can't afford to make them soft either, what good is that anyway ? Children need to learn jiu jitsu for sure.

As a mother who’s son was murdered, the most disturbing part besides her murder, is they never found her body. I hated watching that safe sink because having a place for a proper burial and a special sanctuary to visit helps. The part I couldn’t relate to is the mother leaving. I know she was hurt but I want to be close to my other children. I have to keep eyes on them and they’re grown! I can’t understand a mother who could go through the agony of losing a child and still leave her other living children.

@Amylan1

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss

@PlusUltraAdrian

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss

@nonyabiness4023

Жыл бұрын

@@PlusUltraAdrian Thank you!

@menoguchi

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry. Your other children are very lucky to have such a strong mom like you.

@nonyabiness4023

Жыл бұрын

@@menoguchi Thank you! I’m the lucky one…my children gave me a reason to keep going everyday💚🌷

The most haunting part about this book/movie is just how close they get to the truth, but ultimately there is no justice

@ameliepilie4717

6 ай бұрын

Maybe the scariest part tbh :(

The "be polite" when she tried to leave is so subtly scary because it preys on how young kids and teens (in my experience girls especially) are constantly berated to be polite to older people because they are authority figures. He used what parents raise their kids with to pressure her into staying.

@mkg2124

3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

@onepunch2310

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah we’re always taught to respect adults and listen to what they say and that they’re always right but teaching kids that can but them into dangerous positions when they are told to obey adults even though it feels wrong

@lilscenechick1995

3 жыл бұрын

It's called manipulation. You're absolutely right.

@adrienneclarke3953

3 жыл бұрын

She was never going to get out polite or not and she knew it.

@LangBellsChannel

3 жыл бұрын

This is why I hated how adults use to pressure you to kiss them in certain cultures.

This movie was more scary, unsettling and disturbing than any slasher, ghost and monster movie combined. And that is because you know that stuff like that is happening all the time in real life.

@melissawinn3295

3 жыл бұрын

2 be honest this movie still makes me cry 😭😭

@PokemonTrainerChris303

3 жыл бұрын

I think the most fucked up part of this movie is the family never found her body. That SoB buried her ina land fill

@tldhaley

3 жыл бұрын

Humanity is the most terrifying threat to its own survival. Always has been, like wtf?

@gidgitvonlarue679

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@krisk4808

3 жыл бұрын

In real life and in real time. As I write this comment, there’s another Susie (regardless of age) lurking around somewhere here in New York and she won’t see the sunrise in a few hours. It’s unsettling and true when you consider how many people exist

I like that he went out with a whisper. People like him are too often given a lot of notoriety, I like that he went out with no fanfare. no one noticed, no one will miss him, , and everyone in that world is better for it.

I think the reason this movie is so disturbing and heartbreaking is because it’s too real. It may be a movie but stuff like this happens everyday is innocent people. So so sad

I find it terrifying and terrifyingly sad that ALL women know what "that look", "that atmosphere" is. I saw this movie when I was around 13 and it scared me so bad because I have felt the same fear Susie experienced. I have been scared of being left alone with a man since I was 8, and if that isn't a proof of how fucked up the world is, then I don't know what is.

@Hellsichtig

3 жыл бұрын

You truly made me realize that just now...since I was about 11 I understood "that look/that atmosphere" as well, what a sign of moral destitution....little innocent girls...makes me sick to my stomach.

@amouramarie

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think most people realize how *young* children are when they DO know that atmosphere. That before you've even hit puberty, you know exactly what that feeling is. It's shown so, so accurately in that clubhouse. You want to get away right now because you feel unsafe, but to imply you feel unsafe would be *disrespectful* and it would be *rude* so you force yourself to remain quiet and obedient in a situation you feel unsafe in. Never press your child about how they shouldn't avoid that adult, or force them to associate with them to be polite. Let them avoid whoever they want to. Your child feeling safe is more important than being *polite* enough to some other person.

@plumbleebee

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've understood how men could look at my body since I was 5. I have a memory of being in my red footie pajamas wondering if they hugged my body too much around my friend's brothers and being self conscious about how they looked at me. I WAS 5

@aviparmy-lthatblinkedoncew774

3 жыл бұрын

I remember being 10 watching this movie for the first time and I was laying next to my sisters and I just cried so hard after work and I couldn’t go to sleep because the movie came on so late that I was up all night

@fea_puta1

3 жыл бұрын

I was 7 or 6 when my life just kinda changed. ever since I learned more about how This world is and how easily I can get hurt, kidnapped, or raped like wtf.

the film gives closure to suzie, not the audience

@andi-roo9426

3 жыл бұрын

OMG you're right. What an interesting perspective -- it's like we forget who's telling the story and what she wants, because we get wrapped up in the family and in our own feelings. But yeah, the ending is actually perfect when considered that it's Suzie's story and therefore Suzie's conclusion.

@billyalarie929

3 жыл бұрын

excellent response.

@nadiakeaton5680

3 жыл бұрын

I havent seen this fiilm in a while. could u explain a bit more?

@maryjoanna8645

3 жыл бұрын

@@nadiakeaton5680 so basically susie is murdered by her neighbour and the movie jumps between susie's perspective of leaving the living behind and moving onto the afterlife (heaven), and also her family getting over her death. I feel like we're obviously going to empathise with the living more than the dead, and in the movie it is also heavily insinuated that her neighbour is planning on killing her sister as his next victim, and so throughout the film we just want to see her killer caught and punished. So it's kind of strange for us at the end when Susie briefly returns to earth and decides to kiss her crush rather than expose her murderer, because why would she just let him go free when he could kill other girls? but we forget that it's more about susie's healing rather than our own, and it's about her experiencing something she was robbed of because she was killed so young. So she gets her closure and can move on but we're left feeling really uneasy

@christinajames6115

3 жыл бұрын

@@maryjoanna8645 to further expand on your point, I would also say that the heavily criticized whimsical like scenes in the in between are needed because as you said. It's Susie's story. She has to come to terms with being dead. It's like they are saying that with death, the journey isn't over. She goes through the stages of grief herself with the anger and sadness etc. We see all the different perspectives from the killer, the victim and those left behind.

this film makes me bawl my eyes out. “i wish you all a long and happy life” hurt me so deeply

@xymoriintus

5 ай бұрын

I can't sit through it without breaking down. Just watching this video made me tear up

@Amen-Magi

5 ай бұрын

They most clean the movie from internet women write the story was lied about her r#pe and send s guy to jail for 16 years

@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe

2 ай бұрын

@@Amen-Magi Source?

I remember growing up my mom used to tell me to never believe anything a stranger would say. The very obvious scenarios were of course talked about so many times, no rides from strangers, not going in the elevator with stranger, not accepting treats or toys or going anywhere to aquire them with anyone you don't know. But I particularly remember these odd scenarios my mom mentioned - never trust someone if they come up to me and say something terrible happened to your mom/dad,.any relative or friend and you must come with them immediately, never help old people past the point where no people can observe you (and rightely so, there was a terrible story of an old lady luring in kids to her flat for her son to rape and kill them), never wear headphones on streets that are not crowded. Never open a door to a stranger that is asking for help (saying they are wounded or need to use a phone, I was always instructed to call and ambulance or the police they could help this person). I remember thinking how paranoid this is and not very kind, and later learning that all these instructions came from actual stories that my mom saw on the news. That really shocked me. It's so f*d that kids/people have to live in the world where instructions like these are valid.

@erickagilson7179

Жыл бұрын

For me, my dad would always tell me to say back to him never go to a secondary location before I went out (in my elementary years) and if a “friend” of my parents told me that if either one of my parents were injured and had to pick me up. These scenarios played in my head and what to do, this movie gave me back that fear, just a little

@erickagilson7179

Жыл бұрын

The story about the old lady is sick

this movie was only 2 hours long but felt like days

@eduardochavacano

3 жыл бұрын

and if you watch this because you like the actor and did not expect this movie to be PURE TRASH.

@endofparalysisx

3 жыл бұрын

it felt like 2 days for me because i had to keep pausing it because i was crying so much lmao

@christinesentman5437

3 жыл бұрын

The Book was better

@em_1308

3 жыл бұрын

I love the movie and I don't even know who the actors are.

@erin.k5665

3 жыл бұрын

I watched it in class so it took us like 2 weeks to watch it coz we only had the class twice a week

But honestly, he wasn’t a stranger. He was her next door neighbor, she had watched her parents speak with him, she’d admired his roses, she trusted him enough to go with him bc he was her normal friendly neighbor

@SweetGee321

3 жыл бұрын

Yup 💔💔

@genesisgonzalez1940

3 жыл бұрын

Those are the great majority of cases, sadly

@taylorstep1413

3 жыл бұрын

Stranger danger is no more.

@zee3184

3 жыл бұрын

That happened to me, we welcome their family into our home as they did with us. But I was treated differently and was taken advantage of as an 6yr old

@ellemarie32

3 жыл бұрын

@@zee3184 oh my god, I’m so sorry

What frustrated me the most was how the film missed out something critical from the book, which would totally have changed the ending for the non book readers. In the book, in heaven Suzie and the others discuss the perfect murder, and Suzie explains her weapon of choice would be an icicle, as it would melt, leaving no trace of the murder weapon. So when that's how he dies, it's perfect. V sad this was missed out of the film, as it's so poignant!

@quincyferdanand3125

Жыл бұрын

Maybe they intentionally left that out

@imakewhateverlol4443

Жыл бұрын

@@quincyferdanand3125 why would they intentionally leave what sounds like a great scene out

@mirkohoble

Жыл бұрын

I'd loved to see that in the movie

@usonohoshi6165

Жыл бұрын

​@@imakewhateverlol4443 For me. It feels like Susie got tainted by the murderer. A part of her becomes him. A killer. You're saying that she's in Heaven, talking about how to kill someone leaving without a trace. Sure, the guy is pure scum. But it might give the feeling that she MIGHT end up like him in the second life. A form of over correction to what happened to her. So not Only does she become "the lost girl". A part of a list of names most people won't remember. she unintentionally, even dead, looks like she's continuing his legacy of violence.

@mcmann2243

7 ай бұрын

@@imakewhateverlol4443 it makes it more heartbreaking. There’s not justice, not some poetic vengeance for them. It’s just tragedy, without a solution or closure

As someone who lost a child the same way... I rewatched this movie and the fact it is very accurate on how the parents fight, the sibling can't speak... The fact so many murders do not get caught or get caught and the system allows them to slip away even with all the evidence... As the parent you have to walk by knowing that that person's out there you see him in the store you see them living their life with their family feeling Joy ,while you die more each day and shower in your misery because your child can not have the life deserved like that murderer p.o.s can. You stay up late nights wondering how they could get away... wondering how the system could be so negligent and act as if nothing happened a throw away not just the memory of your child and their Justice but the families and friends and spit on the face of not just that victim but all those victims before them that could not get the justice they deserve... The sad reality is most victimes don't get Justice or their cases an not important enough to air on the TV on the radio even on social media.... No amount of therapy no amount of sitting back and counting your blessings will take away that pain will allow you to live a day without knowing my life will never be normal,his siblings lives will never be normal... As the parent when people ask you the question how many children do you have do you say three or do you say two because one isn't physically seen..... All you can do is keep your head above water and just keep swimming and hope not to drown because when the days get dark they get very dark...

@niah1978

2 жыл бұрын

God Bless 🙏🏾💜, may God protect over you & your family. I’m so sorry 🙏🏾💜

@joyless6059

Жыл бұрын

I am so incredibly sorry for your loss...

@lilacspring2556

Жыл бұрын

You’ll always be the mother to that child. I’m very sorry for your loss and thank you for informing us about your experience 💙

@megteg

Жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry for your loss… losing a member of ur family… especially a child is something you don’t recover from. You are right, you just keep swimming each day trying to make sure ur head doesn’t go below the water

@crazierthan-u7571

Жыл бұрын

Sami, I absolutely know how you feel on one level. My only child died in an accident 29 years ago. The day she died, I remember feeling relieved that she was my only child because I couldn't imagine dealing with the grief of other children in addition to my own. I don't know how long it has been since you lost yours, but I have often thought of people like you, who had a child that someone deliberately destroyed, and I have tried, in vain, to imagine that extra burden of pain on top of the pain I already have, which will be with me until I die. If you lose your husband, you're a widow; a child without parents is an orphan. You not only have kept going on after the loss that leaves us nameless, but you have another empty space where justice oughta be. I think there is a name for you: Hero. You have a lot to continue going on for, and you will go on, but I know you can never move on -- from this "thing." That is too much to ask of yourself; you'll save a lot of energy just letting go of that idea if you find yourself carrying it around. I only hope that you can come to terms with it and find some happiness in a life that still has a lot to offer. I hope that eventually you'll be able to put this wild horse in the barn with the understanding that it's going to bust out and trample you sometimes. It will always come out, but as time goes by, maybe it won't be as often. Or it'll just come out and graze. Sometimes. My heart, and my husband's, are with you.

Fun fact: Stanley Tucci only agreed to do this movie if they completely changed his appearance. He didn’t want to be recognized at himself or have people his appearance with this movie / character

@andromeda7758

3 жыл бұрын

cant blame him. He did such a good job with the character. It would be like the actress who played umbridge. Actress is a lovely lady but i cant help but associate the hate for umbridge.

@Faesharlyn

3 жыл бұрын

Very good call on his part, 20/10

@madelineasmr926

3 жыл бұрын

Smart move.

@sarahstrickland744

3 жыл бұрын

Umm, I could totally tell that was him 😂😂

@catalinamarie7245

3 жыл бұрын

Like they do Gaboury the girl who plays Precious.

When she emerged from the bunker and we thought she got out , but she actually died 😭

@elenal.95

3 жыл бұрын

When I tell you I was pissed. 😠

@Blueeclipse.

3 жыл бұрын

That’s was literally so sad

@allaboutbeebo4092

3 жыл бұрын

Rt I remember watching this at 13 really thinking she got out and my mom was like she died 🤡🤡🤡🤡

@emilycabral6578

3 жыл бұрын

@@allaboutbeebo4092 man my dumb ass was watched by myself. I got kept skipping parts mostly the part where he was in the bathtub. I was like what trippy shit is going on 😭🤡. It wasn’t until later I realized she was dead.

@michellemcgill9328

3 жыл бұрын

Omg I was straight up sobbing

i love that when she gets the chance to come back, she doesnt tell them who killed her or what was happening, she had her first kiss. she got the one experience she was so looking forward to. i loved that

@austyn5004

Жыл бұрын

Yeah people are pretty upset by that but it's such a 14yo girl thing to do. I'd probably do the same thing lol

@kalliskivike

Жыл бұрын

I know I would tell who the killer is and take action, I would end up such a vengeful spirit in order to get justice. In the book tho, they did way more than kissing with the boy...

@hskyforger

Жыл бұрын

@@kalliskivike what did they do in the book?

@kalliskivike

Жыл бұрын

@@hskyforger they "slept" with each other while she was using another girl body as a way to say goodbye. I found that very unnecessary and glad the movie did'nt do that....

@erickagilson7179

Жыл бұрын

Don’t know if it’s just me, it felt a bit out of character; the one thing she could’ve saved (the safe) to help get rid of the killer and at the very least give her family some peace of what had happened but then instead chooses a boy (maybe I read a little too into this lol)

Personally, I always saw Susie’s time in limbo as more of a metaphor for how many can react to trauma via burying oneself in enjoyable things, even if it’s alone or just with a single friend. It isn’t until night hits, when the lights are off, when you’re alone, that you’re forced to remember and confront the horrors you went through. In reality, we can never know if those who die traumatic deaths have to accept the horror of it in order to pass on, but for those of us who went through traumatic events and survived, we do have to confront them daily, and accept them, and heal, in order to move on.

as a woman seeing suzie become uncomfortable in the field and in the bunker was so heartbreaking, and terrifying. it’s a different kind of fear no one wants to talk about how scary it is.

@pearl3026

3 жыл бұрын

You hit the nail right on the head !! I think all women have been in that kind of situation at some point in their lives and all the women and girls that don’t live to tell the tale makes my heart heavy

@Aphelion25

3 жыл бұрын

Your stomach just drops and your heartbeat sounds so loud in your head. Fight or flight. Its terrifying. Every time im in a parking lot at night or going to my car from my work. Its not fun.

@averagezyzzenjoyer5630

3 жыл бұрын

I think men understand this too . Just speaking for me but i felt that shit

@averagezyzzenjoyer5630

3 жыл бұрын

@@Aphelion25 did you ever run from the cops ?

@Aphelion25

3 жыл бұрын

@@averagezyzzenjoyer5630 yes but for a very stupid reason .

The scene where Susie’s murderer is chasing her sister is absolutely terrifying. The whole thing made me so nervous

@john-ni3pi

3 жыл бұрын

Especially when she fell out of the window and couldn't get up for a moment, because of her fall. I was like 'please get up, please get up, please hurry up, please get up!'

@milotic7339

3 жыл бұрын

Yes everyone in the theatre were screaming and then clapping !

@zedmak

3 жыл бұрын

@@john-ni3pi then she stops because mom came back, so ridiculous that would have been the perfect news, I found her killer, closure and everything.

@ellenne5228

3 жыл бұрын

is Lindsey her elder or younger sister?

@nadacolic7775

3 жыл бұрын

@@ellenne5228 younger :)

I think her version of heaven fits because it think it fit the sort of person she was, full of innocence, creatvity, and still full of life that was yet unlived. I think that was what Jackson was trying to portray in that version of heaven. What it looked like for her and the children that didn't get to fully live their lives. That the possibility to still live life despite these events was still endless however fantastical that appeared. This was a great essay though and I agreed with many of your points. def earned a subscriber.

I remember being incredibly unnerved by this movie. The feeling of relief I had when she ran away - and then realizing she hadn’t really escaped. It shook me to my core. More than any horror movie.

As unsatisfactory as the ending was it's definitely very realistic, no body to bury, killer remains unknown, families never knowing exactly what happened to their children. It's sad but it's one of the most honest films.

@doublenaut443

3 жыл бұрын

i think he was found to be the killer but when the cops went to his house he was already gone

@pulan7974

3 жыл бұрын

another girl pushed him and he died

@sarahnunez318

3 жыл бұрын

My vote turned this into a 666, my legacy shall remain

@lj9193

3 жыл бұрын

@@pulan7974 he wasn’t pushed. He lost his footing and fell

@mkuti-childress3625

3 жыл бұрын

@@doublenaut443 Her sister figured it out at first, but yes, he disappeared, and they never found him or her.

The saddest thing about this, is that almost every woman has had this uncomfortable feeling around someone. We can recall that person who was smiling too much, asking personal questions, and invading personal space. We have to teach children the signs, and teach them not to care about being rude or impolite when someone is making them uncomfortable.

@ansaksa

3 жыл бұрын

being more direct also, you should say out loud:You make me feel uncomfortable. And see what other person do then

@dreamyanon5151

3 жыл бұрын

@@ansaksa this is true sometimes but can also be dangerous depending on circumstances... definitely say it in public though

@genericwhitemale1114

3 жыл бұрын

Men too. Keep in mind that men are murdered and sexually assualted far more than women are. So almost everyone has experienced this.

@submissiveproviderstboth9485

3 жыл бұрын

@@genericwhitemale1114 LIES🤦🏽‍♀️

@Alegend.91

3 жыл бұрын

@@genericwhitemale1114 “murdered” more than women, maybe; and that is counting war and gang violence. Sexually assaulted more than women, you are dreaming. Murdered after suffering a sexual assault more than women, no. Just no. Check the statistics.

I was always a very obedient, polite child but I was also a child that didn’t trust anyone due to all the stories my grandmother would warn me about and the fact my dad was crazy and I couldn’t really trust his judgement. Anyways, when I was about 13 I started having a bad feeling about a neighbor when I would walk to school. He first started saying good morning like most people do but then he started asking me questions and the questions just started getting more personal. I felt obligated to be polite and answer but one day he was asking a lot and he told me he could give me money. This reminded me of what my grandmother told me about people offering money or candy to get your guard down so I told him if I needed money my parents would give it to me. He grabbed my arm and started pulling me into his property and told me he would show me where he had the money in case I needed it. I got so enraged I started screaming at him and yanked my arm away and then pushed him down and told him I was going to tell my dad. He backed off and left me alone when he noticed the neighbors had come outside to see what all the commotion was about. It was a very scary moment for me and sadly was not the last time I felt unsafe walking to school.

@youparejo

Жыл бұрын

That's crazy. Did you ever get to tell your parents?

The scene that gets me every time is where Suzy sees what happened to the other girls, the youngest being 5. I was SA when I was 5, I didn’t know what was happening, I never really had any fear, even when it hurt, I was mainly just so confused. I always grew up believing it would have been worse had I been older and known what he was doing. That would have made it a lot scarier. I still feel like I’m lucky to be alive myself. After he did what he did, he was relying on me (5) not telling anyone what he did, he had to have known I would tell eventually, which I did a year later. A person panicked is like that saying about backing a dog into a corner. One of two things happens, they cower or they attack. He chose to flee

@danika9411

Жыл бұрын

I was 7. I didn't know it was sa too, even though stuff was put inside of me by an adult. I just thought it was cruel. I had all the symptoms of it and I developed ptsd, but I'm glad back then I didn't realize the full extend of what was happening to me.

@Iamduydoan

7 ай бұрын

My condolences to you, that is just sickening. SA is terrible in itself, but to attack a defenseless child is just mind boggling to think about. I’m sorry you had to live through that yourself, you were very brave to tell someone. Fear would’ve hold me back at that age. Especially at 6.

@thewhiterabbitchaser

5 ай бұрын

thank you for this, your dog backed into a corner analogy on perpetrators has just helped me understand why mine is still keeping in contact with me. He's cowering and trying to placate me so I don't tell. thank you, you may have just saved my life.

As a woman, this movie is TERRIFYING. The whole neighbor thing, her body... Like it's too real

@07foxmulder

3 жыл бұрын

“aS a WoMaN”

@rozznaija3301

3 жыл бұрын

As a woman.

@brunavalverde2804

3 жыл бұрын

It is. To this day I’m still terrified of something like that ever happening.

@bbyjirl

3 жыл бұрын

@@07foxmulder Fox Mulder would never leave such a stupid and condescending comment.

@Indrea13

3 жыл бұрын

@@07foxmulder Yes, as a woman. Most women are taught from an early age that this could happen to us, it's scary.

It destroyed me that her body would never be found and his victims were just discarded and forgotten. Such a sad thing. Also I was pissed off that he didn’t face justice.

@wrongorange

3 жыл бұрын

It destroyed me how that was so sadly realistic

@MiaMizuno

3 жыл бұрын

Sad as it is, that was the movie's best statement... That reality in most cases looks like this, so we as society should do our best to protect children as best as possible. And of course adults who might be in danger aswell

@Shythalia

3 жыл бұрын

At least the fucker died. :/ But yeah, this movie is so sad & creepy. 😰

@aku_emiv

3 жыл бұрын

Well, that's the ugly truth. There are many who is still out there roaming around trying to get their next victim. . such a sad world😥

@RandomQuestNPC

3 жыл бұрын

@@Shythalia Sadly, death isn't justice. And while in the movie his death isn't natural and gives somewhat of a closure (albeit an unsatisfying one), in reality, how many of them live their life to its end without having ever received the punishment they would deserve? Too many do not ever face justice. And even when justice is done, it sadly does not take away the crimes they perpetrated. The wounds they made, the void they created are there forever, they may heal but the scars will not go away. So yeah...It's a sad and depressing facet of reality that this movie manages to show.

I read the book in 2002. I was 11, just starting middle school, and had already experienced sexual assault and suicidal ideation. It was the first book for adults I ever read and had always stuck with me. My reading teacher gave me the book after I read through the whole children's library in her classroom. It really resonated with me. Susie felt like a kindred spirit, a friend. Thank you for exploring this movie, loved the video!

I like the CGI effects because they don't make you feel comfortable. She didnt want to be there, she shouldn't want to stay. It's in between because you can't stay there, it gave me a feeling of being trapped. Being stuck. It was empty, it was just a place from where she can watch over the living but not living through anything herself. The things like the ball floating on the water that the girl from the ditch had gave me chills.

An absolutely terrifying film that made me afraid of Stanley Tucci for the longest time. *spoiler alert* One of the scariest parts for me was the scene with Susie's sister in the killer's house. My heart was pounding like crraazzzyy.

@playingbylistening2302

3 жыл бұрын

Mine too :[

@baileyt.931

3 жыл бұрын

I cannot think of Stanley Tucci outside of the Devil Wears Prada and The Hunger Games so when I watch this I wonder how I’ll feel🤣

@isabellakrivorot9692

3 жыл бұрын

@@baileyt.931 ya once I watched those films along with his roles in Burlesque and Easy A, I realized I love the guy 😄

@butterflytaster5553

3 жыл бұрын

ugh, mine too! that stressed me out so bad when i first read it. the feeling of relief when she got out of there was overwhelming

@yasmeenporter2028

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah same. My great grandma made me watch this movie when I was 4. Im sure you understand why I was terrified of the movie😕

The thing I find The most unsettling about this movie is the scene where Mr. Harvey is trying to convince her to come with him and the things he says to convince her to stay. He says all of the right things. I was taught when I was a little girl not to go with strangers for any reason even if they tried to tell me that they knew my family or that I can trust them. But Mr. Harvey such a good job of convincing her that I don’t know if when I was a little girl I would have fallen for it or not.

@mcanna5115

3 жыл бұрын

I feel the same, when they are inside and he says she has to be polite, i felt it deep, when i was a little girl my mom told me so many times that i needed to be polite, and specially with adults...

@jordy13xoxo17

3 жыл бұрын

She was also in the middle of a field. I think if she tried to run, she wouldnt have been chased and caught anyway

@plebweeb8868

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad his dialogue in that scene wasn't super stereotypical.

@mksabourinable

3 жыл бұрын

Also he... Wasn't quite a stranger. He was a neighbour. And there's that emphasis on being neighbourly. Doing things for the neighbourhood. So... It wasn't as weird that he made the fort from her perspective. And she would have felt indebted. And yea the polite thing. That's... Yea. That goddamn polite thing. There's a reason why I'm always so angry at "teach manners above all else" style parenting (or even fucking "therapy" *cough* ABA *cough*). A child is their own person. They should feel free to say no to situations that makes them feel uncomfortable. Provided it's not like... Something necessary, such as medical treatment for example - but it's important to explain _why_ they need to go through with it. But something like giving a hug to a relative when they don't want to? Fucking don't force em jfc! You're not teaching em politeness you're teaching em that their bodily automy has exceptions.

@The_Gallowglass

3 жыл бұрын

That's what predators do. Either they get you when you least expect it, or offer you whatever it is you're interested in. The angler fish.

That’s what I liked about Susie’s paradise. It did seem isolating and eerie even though it was a paradise. It didn’t take away the idea she was murdered. It infact made her death seem so much more heartbreaking to see such a beautiful dream in a horrible situation. It scared me more with that scene as a kid

The thing you pointed out about our modern mentality and how grown women are so alert to these dangers really gave me chills. The whole scene in the cornfield when he lured Susie in I was mentally screaming over and over, “RUN! NO SUSIE! RUN!” As for the ending, it was certainly unsatisfactory in the sense that he didn’t get put on trial and everything, but the thing is that even though there was evidence for Susie there really wasn’t for the others. And the defense would have done their best to exclude that evidence and people would have made excuses. Even today they often get off easy with only a few years to serve. So, I saw the ending through a different lens. Perfect? No. But I saw it as the only way that he’d truly be punished without hurting anyone else. No one was responsible for his death besides himself. And Susie’s family would hear about his body being found and they wouldn’t have to go through the torment of trial, which it is for so many victims.

@brettknoss486

9 ай бұрын

If somone can be imprisoned for 16 years, and denied employment or the ability to be part of their community, based on junk science and unreliable testomony, then I would say that the defense against wrongful conviction is too weak.

Notice how the murderer tells her to "be polite" 😡 Society expects girls and women to "be polite" and it's to our very detriment at times.

@bellatrixryddle1731

3 жыл бұрын

I wasn’t raped(luckily) but a friend of our family wanted to touch me(even when my parents were inside the house) and he started connecting with my by being kind and told me that I should be like my moms boyfriend’s daughter(his niece) that I should be polite to people and well I think they(pedos/rapists) tell their victims to be polite to make them behave more vulnerable so they can rape them

@allegraanegra455

3 жыл бұрын

Yes this is so true and I wasn’t thinking of it but they tell us to be polite because as women we feel well we have to act a certain way and blah blah blah wouldn’t happen at least that’s what society tell us and that’s why she went quiet she thought maybe I should be nice and this wouldn’t happen.

@allegraanegra455

3 жыл бұрын

@@steven401ytx I’m sorry about that and that’s not why it happened they are just a rapist nothing you do can cause your rape. But are you trying to invalidate what was said because that would be an incorrect takeaway from what was said.

@fireandsugar2625

3 жыл бұрын

@@steven401ytx It wasn't your fault. Nothing in the world and I mean nothing causes you to be at fault for rape. I hope you are doing well despite that incident.

@GiorgiNemsitsveridze

3 жыл бұрын

Both girls and boys should be though to defend other or at least themselves. Niceness doesn't equal goodness. Sad thing is that women in general and young boys are physically weak, that's what makes such movies hard to watch.

The worst part for me is when it shows you his other victims.... so disturbing.

@leo-fs1rb

3 жыл бұрын

Oh god don’t remind me 😞

@smokerbuddy4204

3 жыл бұрын

When they showed his younger victims in the water. That scene always traumatized me

@AngelMartinez-lm7cu

3 жыл бұрын

THEY WERE JUST BABIES! THE YOUNGEST COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 4/5!

@rach2601

3 жыл бұрын

@@AngelMartinez-lm7cu the youngest was like 5/6 I can't remember

@arielm1374

3 жыл бұрын

That was thw worst part for me. I started looking into ditches and things after seeing that scene as a teenager thinking maybe I could help find a lost person 😞

I think the whole deal with “the in-between” is that it’s showing her denial, made explicit in the “I’m alive” line. This overarching theme of grief isn’t just in her family and friends. It’s just as much her journey through grief and processing her own death. Of course it’s silly and outlandish and fantastical, it’s her distracting fantasy, her way of coping with death. That’s why it falls apart

the way the minute suzie goes into that hole with him you can tell whats going too happen,the way she doesnt speak much and is shy but still trying to be polite even though she feels like a prey animal is so heartbreakingly realistic for every girl and young woman made a victim by a man. I remember in the book i believe while she was SAd all she thought was about how her mother would be putting dinner on the table and she wouldn't be their this movie and book might be hard to watch and upsetting but this is reality and thats why its so scary

The scene where the dad helped push her body into the landfill and having it filled hurt me the most. They would never find her body... her dad was so close so many times. I wanted to scream and cry

@hanindhira

3 жыл бұрын

is not the dad tho???? it was the land owner i think the scene where the dad in the sinkhole was when she's still alive throwing out old refrigerator with her siblings.

@EllieUchiha17

3 жыл бұрын

@@hanindhira oh shit was it the landowner ? I think it was just her dad was literally a step behind everything Harvey was doing. It was so nerve wracking

@franksasstattoo

3 жыл бұрын

@@EllieUchiha17 have you read the book??? AAAHH it's al frustrating and horrifying

@EllieUchiha17

3 жыл бұрын

@@franksasstattoo sadly 😭 I read the book first. I’m still haunted

@lacecocoa6272

3 жыл бұрын

@@EllieUchiha17 how did Susie die

When she starts to realize that her being in that club house wasn't a good idea and the panic and dread and fear. I cried. All too familiar. Rip to the children that were never found and those that were found 😔

@aestheticcat8976

3 жыл бұрын

The mood immediately made me feel so uneasy, like I could sense something was wrong there.

@Yogirliej4dee

3 жыл бұрын

Same.. the actor who played the murder did such a good job.

@Eljefenunu16

3 жыл бұрын

@@mathiasgrun630 oh?

@ashlyn_h.m2914

3 жыл бұрын

@@sou9472 ah damn my nosy ass wants to know what they said lmao

@nevadapolite5006

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashlyn_h.m2914 samee. But more awfully curiosity-inspiring is what @Angel Nunu wrote, which makes me feel so ashamed of myself- replacing that with gratitude that she's here and here's to hoping her life has seen healing and is now peaceful. I'm pretty sure I both read and watched TLB, but it feels like forever ago. I think I was still a teenager when I read the book and maybe still, when the movie came out. I've never seen it since but just watching this review made me feel so uneasy... it's such a horrifying thought, and the author is right: violence, unfortunately, is very much a part of life. And it's haunting, in its aftermath. It lingers like the smell of a person after they've left their home.

I'm a dad, my kid's a teen, and I must admit that this movie is among of the scariest, saddest and most painful movies a parent can ever see.

This is one of the saddest movies of all time right up there with the boy in the striped pajamas. technically, she DID know him he was the neighbor she and her parents said hi to everyday. My favorite part of the movie is how her sister got to her age and she got true revenge: she removed his ability to hide and made HIM the hunted.

This was so upsetting. My cousin’s best friend was kidnapped, ra*ed, and murdered when we were 13. This hurt in a way no movie has hurt me before. She was like my sister. I still have the sweatshirt she wore in her last school picture. The guy was a tattoo artist (in Bremerton, WA) that everyone knew. Her name was Bunnie Lynn Brown. Her name matters. His doesn’t mean a thing.

@jessicahurley5251

3 жыл бұрын

Did this happen back in 1988?

@mgfunkera

3 жыл бұрын

Jessica Hurley ‘87

@jessicahurley5251

3 жыл бұрын

@@mgfunkera I just read the story and omg it broke my heart. I’m so sorry this happened I could not imagine the pain your family has went through.

@mgfunkera

3 жыл бұрын

Jessica Hurley It’s just crazy to this day. When I go home to Bremerton & Silverdale (I live in Seattle), I can’t look at the woods the same. I just hope he’s getting what he deserves.

@jessicahurley5251

3 жыл бұрын

@@mgfunkera that’s understandable, and I definitely hope he does as well, that guy is a monster. I honestly don’t understand how people become so evil.

I like that it gave attention to victims and their families rather than just the murderer. I wish the media would do more of the same. I think it would increase empathy for the destruction to so many lives murder causes rather than just the immortilization and near glory murderers get now.

@QualityCulture

3 жыл бұрын

I definitely agree!

@ooin_otaku4282

3 жыл бұрын

Highly agree!!

@leilyn8287

3 жыл бұрын

THIS 💯. Which is exactly my personal criticism of news presenting. Victims are reduced to nothing more than the shadows of the sensationalized crimes of these perpetrators, even worse, nothing more than numbers or a body in some alley. Though I understand the need for swiftness and conciseness these articles/reports should have, the media should start utilizing its power to remodel the way we take in information so that just like you said, empathy could finally thrive.

@fridanunez6085

3 жыл бұрын

I recommend you to watch the documentary 'the three deaths of marisela escobedo'. Absolutely raw and powerful, you can find it on netflix

@larae.5553

3 жыл бұрын

That's why I love this movie. It felt like something new, like something you've never seen a horror movie focus on. But it felt like the right way to portray it. Nobody should give more attention than needed to the murderer, it's what they want.

Still one of my favourite movies to watch! I still cry when watching it. At first I was the same as everyone, feeling disgusted, empty and unsettled. However, I've been through life experiences, it became comforting. Comforting because it shows the stages of grief, it shows that sometimes we won't get the justice and closure we want but, it also shows how to overcome it and still continue with life. The ending where her mom comes home and finally accepts Suzie's death by entering her room, shows a sense of freedom, release and a new beginning. Which happens after something tragic, we can still love and be free even if we lose something or someone dear to us. I used to cry tears of pain, but I cry tears of joy now. It's the reality of life... its beautiful and tragic at the same time.

I'm at work and honestly sobbing. I've had a weird connection to this movie for years. I still have yet to read the book but all the points you made were exactly how I've always felt. And getting to watch the author.. just thank you. I am an assault victim and have also always had a weird draw to reading up on missing kids cases. I never thought I could solve them or anything but when it got to be too hard and I thought I could tkeep going, I'd read about them and their families so I felt like I had to keep going, so someone could remember them and not forget since I had yet to tell even my closest family what had happened to me as a kid and what occurred in college. This was so oddly validating and I didn't realize how badly I needed to hear all of these thoughts spoken let alone today. Thank you for your content and work ♡ I'll be subscribing shortly lmfao

I actually think Mr. Harvey’s end is fitting, because like you said he died alone and didn’t matter to anyone. People can’t “idolize” him because he didn’t get any “fame” or “spotlight”. He died in a way that brushed him off from the shoulder in a way, a dishonorable death

@pili8793

3 жыл бұрын

Very true. It's fitting but very unsatisfying! He deserved worse.

@leo-fs1rb

3 жыл бұрын

Only thing that he does that I laughed at 😔

@Boultbeeable

3 жыл бұрын

Almost as if people didn't even have the time or respect to kill him, he was that unwanted. He didn't exist to anyone. But then that drives home the fear of who is lurking in the shadows. It's a truly disturbing film.

@dc9631

3 жыл бұрын

Psychologically though, people wanted to see him suffer... so yes while his lonely and unnoticed death is a fitting ending, I personally would have liked to have seen her father beat the shit out of him with a bat & throw his body in the garbage..... while no one notice and no one cared... To me that would be the most fitting ending... But life isn't like that is it? Violence begets violence....

@officert5147

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with this view, in terms of he doesn't deserve anyone to know his name, except to spit it in the dirt. But I do think he deserved worse. Vengeance and moving on do not always come separately. (I take issue with the general argument, not you or this comment)

seriously, the scene where the sister breaks into his house is probably the most stressful and terrifying one i’ve ever seen. my heart was beating so fast i had to skip some of it, i just couldn’t watch every second of it

@ramonanaya6236

3 жыл бұрын

Same i mean i read the book and knew what happened but still my anxiety went waaay up

@irrelevance3859

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramonanaya6236 even reading the book made me anxious wow. I haven't watch the film yet but ouch. The book is painful

@ARenae-vo4ch

3 жыл бұрын

That scene is so intense. I get anxiety every time even though I know what's going to happen.

@ichabod1370

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramonanaya6236 That's partly because of the way Tucci came up the stairs after her, a perfectly inhuman predator's expression on his face.

@woffordwolf2071

3 жыл бұрын

did her sister break into his house in the book too?

Stanley Tucci and Saioirse Ronan’s performances were amazing. Mr Harvey was terrifying and the scene with Lindsay inside his house was really hard to watch, it was that suspenseful.

@watcherman222

Жыл бұрын

According to some sources, Stanley Tucci was so stressed on his role as Mr. Harvey that Saoirse Ronan gave him a hug to calm down.

I think an important unsettling aspect of this movie is the serious supernatural undertones. At first, you think Suzie's afterlife is just symbolism. But by the end we can clearly tell she is LITERALLY there. The in-between really really freaks me out.

@brialapoint2608

Жыл бұрын

Why would it freak you out?! The problem i have is too mNy peiple see the reality we live in as the only reality. Reality is an illusion, and if i were to go a step further the movie version didnt go far enough. Susie shouldve changed herself into other creatures of her choosing. Id rather be a bird, a fox or any other creature than a boring plain human. I guess that would scare someone as boring as you even more.

@schneedgod

Жыл бұрын

@@brialapoint2608 lol you're taking this too seriously... afterlife and weird concepts don't freak me out, but the AESTHETICS of the in between scare me. Calm down

I was visiting my boyfriend and his parents in France when I was 20 years old. I was walking back from the metro to their house when a man pulled his car over to stop me on the street. He struck up a conversation and I was trying to be friendly because I didn't know what else to do. He started asking where I was from and I told him California. He then said he had never kissed an English girl and wanted to kiss me. I said no, but he kept asking, so I ran. He got in his car and followed me down the street. I kept running and trying to flag cars down, but no one stopped. He sped up and pulled his car over, got out and started to jog towards me. I saw an old man on foot and asked him to help me as I pointed towards the man running towards me. He told me to run and confronted the creep. I got away. I am so grateful I ran into that old French man 😭 he saved me and I have no idea what would have happened next.

@lalajean452

3 жыл бұрын

Im so sorry that happend to you , im glad youre ok . Despite the darkness of this world some people choose goodness .That old man have a blessed life after he saved you . May the world filled with this kind of people .

@zy_zir

3 жыл бұрын

french man saves you from french man

@amethyst_and_lace

3 жыл бұрын

@@lalajean452 thank you, love 💓

@amethyst_and_lace

3 жыл бұрын

@@soph4002 I’m so sorry, love. I’m glad you’re okay💜

@hazalminsin1711

3 жыл бұрын

Let's just say that unless your dad is Liam Neeson, it probably wouldn't have ended well.

The worst scene for me was when Susie watched Mr. Harvey wash her own blood off himself, her charm bracelet on the sink. And watching Susie meet the other dead children.

@DylanRomanov

3 жыл бұрын

Her scream in that scene is chilling

@doodoodoodle

3 жыл бұрын

And their backstories :^(

@lover813able

3 жыл бұрын

@@doodoodoodle that’s what hurt me the most

@SanFranDentist94301

3 жыл бұрын

I hated that they changed Hollys story. She wasnt a victim of Mr.Harvey. She's a Vietnamese girl killed during the war. In the US in 1972 Susies death is freakish and noteworthy. Holly is just one more victim of an unjust war-a lot of Vietnamese kids died. Some killed by the Viet Cong, some killed by American soldiers. The same thing is happening to girls like Holly in Syria, Afghanistan, N.Korea.

@rrosemccoy

3 жыл бұрын

Let’s just say that creeped me off. He played on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and oh my lord I was freaked out.

Listening to you speaking about this reminded me just how many times I've been uncomfortable around adult men as a child. And I can't even pinpoint to what it was, it's just the way the look at you or the creepy smile they give you is somehow reminiscent of a predator which invokes a really primal fear inside you. It's the kind of fear which is unique, makes you want to protect yourself but you don't even know how as you can't even understand what's wrong and what's happening and how to fight it. As a child an old man, my grandpa's friend, exposed himself to me and I just ran away and didn't dare say anything as I thought it was my fault. My mom noticed my discomfort when that man was mentioned and knew exactly what happened as he did the same to her. Many, many other occasions like that happened to me, ane as I later found out my sister when we were between ages 6-10. It makes me terrified to think about how many men like that exist around us and we don't even know.

For a long time I kept my sexual abuse/assault experience to myself thinking it had no impact on me heck it was something I would take to the grave with me. But when someone else in the family got abused by my same perpetrator I decided to come forward with my story. If I didn't do it for myself I did it for others to protect them to prevent more victims. Not long after my cousin came forward also about her being sexual abused by her adopted father. At that point I realized how common sexual abuse is around here and makes me physically sick. We as victims have forgiven our perpetrators not because they deserve it but for our own sanity our peace and for us to be able to move on. Anytime I can tell about my story I do because I want everyone to be aware of the people in their surroundings. We're surrounded by predators. In our cases it were men that were supposed to give keep us safe but did the opposite. In my case my abuser was a man that was an angel to everyone a man I considered as a grandfather, assaulted by my uncle and even stepfather. Anytime I think about these experiences I go waw I'm surrounded by sick men. Never ever trust anyone. I had the potential to be something great but because of my past I'm a broken child in an adult body who's now going through therapy. I have hope to reach my full potential because it's never too late to start living for I have been stuck in surviving mode for too long.

@captlanc

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's never too late to start living.

The fact that her final wish was a kiss. It’s just such an innocent thing to wish for.

@DH-gq7bm

3 жыл бұрын

Not in the book

@BearsInSpayce

3 жыл бұрын

@@DH-gq7bm I probably shouldn’t have, but this was quite funny to me 😭

@jascemarie33

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I was gonna say, in the book she wanted her real first time

@BearsInSpayce

3 жыл бұрын

@@jascemarie33 and achieved it!

@tatum635

3 жыл бұрын

@@jascemarie33 what the hell!!!

His end was the way he left his victims, lost. He didn’t get attention for his murders he didn’t become anything but dead.

@sugarboo5863

3 жыл бұрын

Oh god I really wanted to hear this from someone.Thank u

@brittneybrisbin744

3 жыл бұрын

While unsatisfying, it's exactly what he deserved. No attention. No interviews. No pictures in the paper. Just an insignificant death.

@persephone3309

3 жыл бұрын

At least his victims had people who loved them and missed them. The loss of those girls left holes in people's lives. No one missed him or cared.

@whitedragoness23

3 жыл бұрын

@@brittneybrisbin744 I’m sure they found his body and had an obituary and said poor man. But since his crimes were never uncovered he his memory of him was false

@brittneybrisbin744

3 жыл бұрын

@@whitedragoness23 That's true.

I remember watching this with my mom when I was probably 6 or 7. By the time it was over I was sobbing, almost screaming, asking my mom why she didn’t tell them where she was and how come Harvey didn’t get caught by police. I’m a survivor and I’ve never gotten justice either. It hurts sometimes, but things will be ok.

When I was in uni there was an old bookstore that sold mystery books wrapped in brown paper with a vague description on the back. I got this book in one of those mystery book packages, and read it in about three days. It’s stayed with me since then, genuinely one of the most amazingly disturbing books written. It’s a book saturated to the core with real human emotion

“Art is supposed to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed” my god that is a beautiful way of putting it

@fumblingfruit

3 жыл бұрын

Truest thing ever. I found comfort in this movie because the feeling of unease is so accurate. I've felt this feeling of unease in real life. So to see that unease depicted on a movie makes you feel less lonely.

@bloodblues85

3 жыл бұрын

That struck me as a really beautiful sentiment too. I'll definitely remember it.

@christiandaugherty6339

3 жыл бұрын

It's a very famous description of the purpose of satire, though slightly altered.

@MaryJane-tp3qd

3 жыл бұрын

I had heard it before but when I heard it the first time I felt at ease. I felt some kind of comfort to tell me why I like such sad things

@winnym6806

3 жыл бұрын

nice nice

When he said “be polite, you have to be polite” gave me chills to the core. The fact that I grew as a kid with the idea that I HAD ti be polite and friendly even if I were uncomfortable arround certain adults, and how he used to calm her down and somehow manipulate her to kill her. That’s just too heavy

@shirabe64

3 жыл бұрын

One of the lessons my mom imparted on me from the time I was four was if anyone tried to take me or lure me away was scream “You’re not my mom/dad!” Make a scene and fight if need be. I’m grateful now that I look back on it. I’ve read other stories where because someone made a scene, someone came to their defense or they were found really quickly when they went missing because other people remember seeing them have to yell at a creep.

@batsgochanour5422

3 жыл бұрын

Also very important to teach that its not only males who can be dangerous but women just as equally. I have an older female neighbor that just for some odd gut reason she doesn't sit well with me when it comes to my young daughter. Always trust that feeling and never be afraid to hurt someone's feelings. Being nice is never worth putting yourself or child in an uncomfortable and potentially dangerous situation.

@alvinsmith3894

3 жыл бұрын

This is what predatory men says to girls and women. BE POLITE. BE KIND. DON'T BE RUDE. It makes it easy for them to corner you and make you submit to them.

@mermaidzoephiahart

3 жыл бұрын

You don't have to be polite if you feel uncomfortable, you can say your uncomfortable if you feel it's what's necessary

@sanaazoe5695

3 жыл бұрын

my mom always made it very clear that if we felt uncomfortable around anyone, even family members, then to let her know. even something as simple as hugging a family member, they would make a big deal if we didn’t do it but my mom never made us even if it wasn’t “polite”. im super thankful of her for that.

I had a schoolmate who this happened too, she was murdered by a predator and this movie came out soon after. It was really upsetting to watch but a beautiful movie.

Waiting a few more years to watch this for the first time with my daughter. She's only 7 now and I just can't even think about this movie without crying. I remember my mom sitting all 7 of us (siblings) in front of different movies at different points in our lives and I HATED it just because they were always really serious and emotional and it would stick with me for months. Looking back on that as an adult makes me want to hug her every time because now I know why and it really did steer me from making wrong choices when being around certain peple and in certain circumstances

My mom made me watch this movie as an early teen. She did it in an attempt to really get me to understand how TRULY CREEPY some mfs are.

@Anew3A3

3 жыл бұрын

Smart mom

@kooolkidninjamaster

3 жыл бұрын

Can be traumatic but sadly the world we love in

@zacriana

3 жыл бұрын

Mine too lol

@chaptersanduniverse4818

3 жыл бұрын

I want to do this and I’ve always thought that was best for young children, so they are aware. Not to be so naive even to “the friendly neighborhood guy” that waves all the time. And babysitters. May I ask, how did that affect you? Would you recommend from the child perspective? If you don’t mind? And pardon my intrusion, I don’t mean to be rude in anyway pardon, if this is offensive. I mean no harm.

@Tabaitha_Elle

3 жыл бұрын

I think I’m going to watch it with my daughter. Kids need to know

Watching this film just reminds me how important it is for women to talk about these issues with each other. Educate young women and girls, don’t think they are too young to understand. You must tell them that they are not alone and that their safety is more important than being polite or nice.

@josiegarcia2236

3 жыл бұрын

i think it’s men who need the educating more but i see what ur saying.

@aabirazaman2644

3 жыл бұрын

@@josiegarcia2236 I loved reading that. Thank you

@powerpufffan

3 жыл бұрын

@@josiegarcia2236 I totally agree. I just want young women to not feel alone when they are harassed or hurt by men.

@powerpufffan

3 жыл бұрын

@@josiegarcia2236 I guess “inform” or “talk openly about” is more what I meant in my initial comment

@junichiroyamashita

3 жыл бұрын

@@josiegarcia2236 i wonder,what could be more educating that what we already have. I surely never seen rape,abuse and violence toward women as being praised,not now,not 40 years ago,and not even 400 years ago,to give you and idea. Some things are simply like they are,it is not a matter of "boys will be boys" but of " it is what it is"

This movie has always disturbed me, when I see the title or remember the story, I liked it a lot and hated it at the same time. I'm glad I came across your video because now the feeling has gotten lighter and I don't hate it so much anymore, and I've come to accept that the very reason I hated it is because of how real it is. Thank you.

I don't know how jaded i must have been when I watched this as a teenager, seeing it again as an adult who is experiencing and seeing much of this horror too often, along with your fantastic explanation and thoughts on the film and its story - it just blew me away and brought tears to my eyes

@SisterSanMiguel

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I was too jaded too and thought it was corny for some reason I didn’t even watch all of it

Child murders never have optimistic endings. I can watch a thousand cold cases and other shows but as soon as I hear about how a child suffers, I just can’t mentally recover as quickly.

@boredweegie553

3 жыл бұрын

I agree.but from a different perspective.im a child psychologist and before I chose the branch of psychology,I studied serial killers...intensely.and obsessively...very unhealthy..I took a break as it took a toll on my mental health.I then decided to go down the route of young people and children..I'm a mother was a single mother so it's close to my heart.Yeah..it is indeed.disturbing.I leave crying before going home..My kids are all adults..only one lives with me who's autistic and I need.to cleanse myself before being a mother again at home..It's a hard job but it's needed..not enough professionals for all the children,that struck a chord with me when my kids were young.seeing all the abuse happening round about me at the time.broke my heart so it was a.no Brainer for me..went to uni but I had been studying psychology for 6 years as a hobby before doing my degree..it's not pleasant but it's satisfying knowing you can help one person.♥️

@boredweegie553

3 жыл бұрын

@Mam Jallow I wanted to be a parapsychologist when I was young..lmao..loved all that..Thank you so much for the kind words.Very much appreciated.♥️

@urmom9196

3 жыл бұрын

Same here.. knowing that they suffered physically makes me ill. I couldn't even finish the Gabriel Fernandez documentary 💔 it hurt too much

@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587

3 жыл бұрын

me too :(

@boredweegie553

3 жыл бұрын

@@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587 ♥️

I like how they didn't try to make her seem really mature. It seems like a lot of media depicts teen girls as sexual and/or grown up,and as a 14 year-old,its pretty messed up in my opinion. she seemed like a real girl

@michelle-yt7qr

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!! Hollywood glamorizes how young teens really are. Most if not all, are just curious but dorky big kids. You’ll be horrified to see the new K-pop group, New Jeans. They’re youngest is 14 and she is the most sexualized in the group 😨

@XWierdThingsHappenX

Жыл бұрын

@@michelle-yt7qr part of the problem is they get grown adults to play teenagers. So the teenage character they are playing looks grown up. When kids who are 14 look so young and baby faced.

@Ready-ForTheEnd

Жыл бұрын

Fact is most teens nowadays ARE exactly like that. This movie is set in a different time.

@Aster-bl6dw

Жыл бұрын

@@Ready-ForTheEnd they really aren’t. A fourteen year old will ALWAYS be a fourteen year old, and that mentality is the same logic that creeps use

@DizzyBusy

Жыл бұрын

I also prefer to call 14 year-old girls, children. Or any under-aged people who are survivors of a sexual violence. Like the ones involved in Epstein's case, calling them girls make people think of college, "hot chicks", what some of us used to be, and some others used to date for three weeks in college before a dramatic breakup. But call them children and you feel the gravity of the crime even more acutely.

I still can't get over the memory of myself bawlling my eyes out for Suzie! Even watching this video make my cry a little. What a brilliantly sad, painful yet a powerfully touching movie

As someone that wept, gripping a photograph of my outgoing 5 year old daughter while re-watching this week, I really appreciate your perspective. It gives me love and comfort.

Saoirse Ronan is beyond underrated. She's an epochal talent of our times.

@Celeste-wx8ce

3 жыл бұрын

She has a golden globe and nine nominations for academy awards and Baftas. Not underrated!

@ecvfamilytube

3 жыл бұрын

I agree she is amazing

@cait.tama1

3 жыл бұрын

She’s one of my favorite actresses!!!

@queenlegitimate5015

3 жыл бұрын

I love her in Atonement. I wouldn't say she's underrated. She's got some awards under her belt and is definitely recognized as a more serious actress for her age

@hadley269

3 жыл бұрын

she’s my favorite actress, i love her!

The end of the book when Susie watches her sister grow older than the age she died, fall in love, get married and have children broke me.

@user-ou5pm6gn9j

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad the real author wrongfully sent a man to jail and took 16 yrs of his life away and he was only recently exonerated but she continues to make millions off of her false story.

@ariduran6409

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ou5pm6gn9j wait what,

@user-ou5pm6gn9j

2 жыл бұрын

@@ariduran6409 yep, look it up. Not only that, but she wrote the book, lucky, in which she told the story, well false story, and profited off of it as well.

@hiyoritokisada594

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ou5pm6gn9j she regretted that and it seems sge herself was manipulated by the prosecutors to point the finger on the wrong person.

@annieoops6243

2 жыл бұрын

@@hiyoritokisada594 she is grown..she jad years to say something and realize but she didn't because making money off of a false story and living lavishly is more important than an innocent man's life..it is so sad. He will never get those years back and I hope he sues her socks off. She can regret it all she wants but she isn't the one who suffered. She stayed quiet all this time. Im not coming at you I know you can't hear my tone 😆 I just cannot reconcile her sitting on this for years and choosing profit over this man and his freedom. She is an intelligent woman..enough to make millions. She knew better.

this movie has stayed with me since i watched it when i was 9 years old. im 21 now. i still get anxiety about being dead and not realizing it until later on like salmon did in this movie.

This movie has always stayed in my head. No matter how many times ive watched it, and even though i KNOW what happens. I always hope Suzie keeps walking home instead of trusting mr Harvey

The “you have to be polite” part is what really gets me. Like he knows the exact reason we ignore our instincts and he’s exploiting it.

@constanzaconiglioni3273

2 жыл бұрын

True. We are so scared that we think playing nice will get us out alive.

@remmilayne6153

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think that's what they're saying.

@Strawberry_gal

2 жыл бұрын

That's what evil does.

@redmage777

2 жыл бұрын

It's fitting that the last words he heard were a potential victim telling him to "Piss off"

@_CrimsonBlade

Жыл бұрын

“get on your knees dont be impolite”

Honestly the worst part isn't being scared for yourself but being scared for the girls in your family and friends

@aldenwashington3285

3 жыл бұрын

Happening to me is one thing but this happening someone I love?? I’d die of heartbreak.

@madahikhan3352

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! I have a little sister and I always in fear of what can happen to her if I'm not near

@aldenwashington3285

3 жыл бұрын

@@madahikhan3352 remind her to be careful and watchful I always remind mine 😣

@Yogirliej4dee

3 жыл бұрын

Even I’m scared letting my kids out of my. sight

@kdy5280

3 жыл бұрын

Happens to little boys too. Such a sick world

This is one of my favorite movies because of how uneasy it makes me feel...not just as a victim myself but more because there is no real good ending and it was done so real. The actors were amazing. I love realistic and tragic stories/movies that linger within you. Especially every time to watch it...it still feels just as uneasy

This an excellent, sensitive, thoughtful analysis. My cousin was murdered as a teen and it just haunts us forever, even after his killer was convicted and jailed.

I only see a few comments praising Saoirse Ronan's acting in this movie so can we all just take a minute to praise Saoirse Ronan having to act out all those emotionally intense scenes at a young age :") Proves how she's always been great at her craft

@joanmurphy9111

3 жыл бұрын

I knew then that she would become a great actress. You can't look away from her.

@bumpet4017

3 жыл бұрын

First saw her in Atonement, I believe she was only 12/13 at the time. Brilliant.

@satorumybeloved

3 жыл бұрын

loved her since watching this! she's an amazing artist

@shankapa3182

3 жыл бұрын

She is a consummate professional. I love her acting, she is a phenomenal actress

@liabutterfield3222

3 жыл бұрын

SAOIRSE IS A BOMB. well, we're here to talk about the film itself, expose the dangers, the blues and its hues. Yet yes! She such a remarkable actress

So many people fail to mention that often times people are polite even when uncomfortable because they fear making the situation worse.

@elmore707

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes you can save your life by being polite.

@destinyraex

3 жыл бұрын

@@elmore707 And sometimes that will be the thing that will kill you

@sydjohnson4930

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you’re damned if you do, you’re damned if you don’t

@richardgomez1151

2 жыл бұрын

They kill you with kindness and prey on your sympathy. It's like a spider web 🕷️. You won't really have time to think or scream. You won't ce it coming... No matter how smart you think you are

@sarahhhhhhhh569

2 жыл бұрын

And that sometimes ‘yes’ is the only option

This was a great commentary. Truly great work and much appreciated. You put my own thoughts into words…I often think of loved ones that have passed of an uneasy death being caught in the in between… This movie and book touched me in so many ways that I cannot express. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those lives lost due to these tragedies…and to those who survived it. may all of our souls find peace in these lessons of life.

This movie makes me so incredibly sad and uncomfortable, it brings me back to my own experience and that scene with her in the hideout is fear inducing all around because I understand that dread and panic before it happens, when your just realizing what’s actually happening. But it also underlines something so important: grief, the process of healing, acceptance & the evil that walks right by us, living normally while ruining other lives.

I'm a horror hound and I've seen so many horror movies. THIS movie gets under my skin. This movie is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen.

@QualityCulture

3 жыл бұрын

Same, I've seen a lot of horror movies but this one really stays with me quite a while after watching, the way you say it "gets under my skin" is spot on

@flyingfranky

3 жыл бұрын

helo i know this is very off topic but what are some of your favorite horror movies? i don’t know which ones to watch anymore

@EAHorror

3 жыл бұрын

@@flyingfranky check out The Night Flier here on KZread. It's an older movie by Stephen King, and very underrated.

@flyingfranky

3 жыл бұрын

@@EAHorror thank you so much !

@EAHorror

3 жыл бұрын

@@flyingfranky you're welcome! If you're looking for something newer Oculus was pretty good. Mirrors is a good movie too.

My dad was a cop for 30 years and cried his eyes out watching this movie. I think it hit home too hard, after 30 years of looking for and finding dead children.

@mayflo9554

3 жыл бұрын

Aw that's so sad. I can't imagine what he's going through 😔

@sadyoshhours2769

3 жыл бұрын

Your dad's a good man,Sessa

@debbiefox6846

3 жыл бұрын

Totally get what you are saying. Good men seeing these things...well it really traumatizes them. My husband was in Corrections and my God the things these kinds of men do..... It still affects him when he sees these things on TV as well. Hugs to your dad.

@larafitzpatrick3140

3 жыл бұрын

🥺🥺🥺🥺😪😪😪😪

@abbiegordon5703

3 жыл бұрын

He sounds like a good man. Please pass on our appreciation and love for him, that must be a hell of a hard burden to carry. The world needs men like your dad, and were thankful, for him and all who never turn off that inner switch. I hope he’s doing ok 🤍

I honestly appreciated how over the top the in-between was because it showed that even when she had everyhing she could imagine she wasn't happy, she still felt alone, and that made the ridiculousness feel even more painful