Aw man, I'm glad they respected the poor alien by blurring it's business. This was so much fun.
This movie would be half as long if there weren't so damn many scenes where they did sort-of-slow-mo. Kinda dug and would prob smooch head gargoyle guy tho so, u kno.
I also give it points for having it be a dad/daughter relationship instead of romantic junk, and the gargoyles as a species had the opposite of the usual gendered deal design-wise. The main male looked more human while the lady gargoyles had beaks and fluff and shit going on instead of being sexualized inexplicably.
This was fun in it's genuineness, and felt like a real family in the beginning complete with several conversations going at once/talking over each other/lame jokes/etc.
My sibling is a huge Jon Bernthal fan, so she wanted me to see this with her. I'm really glad she did, it was an incredibly moving performance by him. It's a great examination of classism, the nasty politics of the police and cities in general, and even touches on some racism.
I didn't go higher on stars mostly because there is some problematic language used, so be aware of ableism and misogyny.
This is my third time watching it, and I enjoyed it just as much as the first. It's a great throwback to 80s horror without being purely that, and a bunch of references with no substance. It's fun and eerie, and the music is perfect.
tw for: abuse, it's only mentioned but includes parental abuse and spouse abuse
epilepsy
alcoholism mention