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“paused it a bunch just to sit with those opening credits, all the fake in-universe merch and the nightswimming cover playing over it, i wasn't ready. gillian anderson doing the victory rolls and being catty at hannah einbinder is doing something to me i will not be unpacking here. i went in bracing for the schoenbrun thing where it's all vibe and no pulse and instead it's horny and funny and mean and the candy is EVERYWHERE like it's part of the walls. one of those movies i know is built beautifully but also feel a little insane admitting how much fun i had. saw it in a half full theater and the guy behind me kept laughing at the wrong parts and honestly i get it, this thing keeps yanking you between scared and turned on so fast you don't know where to put your face”

“the part of this that actually got under my skin is that stretch before anyone understands what's happening, when it's just a plane and one old guy stumbling out of the lavatory and everyone doing that thing where they pretend not to see. that's the whole nightmare fuel right there, being trapped in economy with your seatbelt on while something goes wrong two rows up. once it commits to the bigger idea it gets louder and a little less scary, and yeah i've seen every piece of this movie somewhere before, twilight zone, the mist, the whole airplane-paranoia canon. but quale keeps that cabin so tight and airless that i still felt my shoulders creeping up to my ears for most of it. honestly i'd have watched another hour of them just being scared and confused, the confusion was better than the answers”

“whoever storyboarded the dentist stuff has a personal vendetta against my molars and i respect the practical nastiness of it”

“inde navarrette flipping from normal nikki to obsessed nikki with just her SHOULDERS should be illegal”

“ok everyone dragged this thing into the ground and i genuinely don't get it. the pool scene set to total eclipse of the heart with the neon palm lights going is one of the dumbest most beautiful things i've seen in a slasher and i mean that as the highest compliment. yeah the family makes some choices i'd never make (i would simply not split up in a deserted trailer park) but bailee madison is actually going for it here and the whole thing looks like someone watched a lot of carpenter and wanted to play. it's not the crawly dread of the first one and i'm fine with that, i wanted an 80s throwback and i got neon and air supply and masks. 86 minutes of exactly what i came for, put it on my corkboard next to the underrated pile”