"Backrooms" Succeeds
We got a movie that takes the old school approach of trying to creep you out with chilling atmosphere more than anything else.

A woman is driving home after landing a big sale, but she keeps seeing the same mysterious hitchhiker at the side of the road, and gets more and more distracted as the evening turns to night.
We got a movie that takes the old school approach of trying to creep you out with chilling atmosphere more than anything else.
"There is something going on between us that I cannot unravel."
Monster's plot is built around Steve Harmon's false accessory to felony murder accusation, and the anxiety and desperation experienced by him during incarceration and the corresponding trial.
This feels like the creative team wanted to make a body horror film, but the studio wanted to make another generic blockbuster.
Twisting what seems to be obvious setups and frameworks is what sets the story structure of Squid Game apart. I appreciate that this narrative is complex but not complicated; an easy enough plot to wrap your head around while still treating the audience like an equal participant in this social commentary