There’s a real creative push in this one, and while the plot
slowly develops, it does so with good imagination. By the time you’re
introduced to a more horrific creature, you’re ready for it, and you feel for
the main character, especially with his mental disability. You cheer for him,
even though the nightmares and the mirror become the central pivot of the scary
moments. The scares are done well, and there’s a bit of gore overall.
The effects are good, there’s a good practical nature to
some of them, and there’s CG involved too. However, it looks good throughout,
and the story unfolds with great focus on the growing nightmares that our main
character has, even if the pacing stalls at some points. Despite the hiccups,
the threat of the nightmares grows and we get a centralized horror figure that
wants everyone dead, and our hero conflicted, and being pushed into things
further and further through the mirror that is setup.
The identity crisis in movies is not my favorite, I’ve
written about that beforehand. I don’t appreciate the lazy element of it, but
in this movie it works. It works in a lot of movies, I admit, but I used to
hate it more. This one plays on that and really pushes your buttons, making it
a crazy movie at times.
“The Evil Within” is a good psychological horror picture. It
slowly tightens your senses, and squeezes your synapses, making you empathize
at times, and then realize you’re hero is not really a hero at all. It has
heart, it has fear, it’s a good character study, and I recommend it for sure.
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