The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Skinamarink
Horror · 2023
Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.
Movie details
Skinamarink
“In this house...”
2023 Horror 1h 40m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
4.7 / 10
19.2K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
66 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
5.3 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Skinamarink?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Kyle Edward Ball
Written by
Kyle Edward Ball
L
Lucas Paul
Kevin
Dali Rose Tetreault
Kaylee
Ross Paul
Dad
Jaime Hill
Mom
Kyle Edward Ball
Entity (voice) (uncredited)
Court is in session
Put Skinamarink on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.