maybe if i had nostalgia it’d seem better, but i just see a long mess of dated cgi and casual racism. points for rachel weisz tho

we still don’t fully understand where eels come from so as far as anyone knows, ritual mummification could be part of the eel life cycle

maybe trying to cram an entire book series into one movie isn’t the best idea, but i do admire the ambition ❤️

Holy shit, holy shit! I thought I knew the story but boy oh boysie there is just too much going on here for any parody or reference to properly capture! The suspense, the fucked up imagery, the performances oh god the performances! Very disturbing, the horror and story elements AND! the narrative even holds up thirty years later