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== psychological? supernatural? or just horror? ==

An unregistered editor changed the description on the first paragraph on the lead from supernatural horror film to psychological horror film with this reasoning:

"The film is not supernatural. It is never clear what actually is against the victims. It is a psychological found footage film."

They also went on to do these changes:

"Correction, removal of incorrect info ("demonic symbols"), correction (changed to "one of the walls") and changed "force" into "unknown villain". It is never made clear in the film if it is a supernatural force or a serial killer that is hunting them."

While I do agree with some of these changes, the horror inside the movie comes from the increasingly oppressive supposed supernatural aspect of the film. Sounds coming from 360 degrees, voice of children resonating near the tent when it is shaking from all sides, disappearances without a fight, to the ending which features one of the main characters standing in an unresponsive state.

This is seems way more supernatural than psychological to me. What @] and @] think? I also would like to note that neither of the two definitions are currently used on body, so personally I am for getting rid of the specific categorization all together. It is an horror film. ] (]) 23:52, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

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psychological? supernatural? or just horror?

An unregistered editor changed the description on the first paragraph on the lead from supernatural horror film to psychological horror film with this reasoning:

"The film is not supernatural. It is never clear what actually is against the victims. It is a psychological found footage film."

They also went on to do these changes:

"Correction, removal of incorrect info ("demonic symbols"), correction (changed to "one of the walls") and changed "force" into "unknown villain". It is never made clear in the film if it is a supernatural force or a serial killer that is hunting them."

While I do agree with some of these changes, the horror inside the movie comes from the increasingly oppressive supposed supernatural aspect of the film. Sounds coming from 360 degrees, voice of children resonating near the tent when it is shaking from all sides, disappearances without a fight, to the ending which features one of the main characters standing in an unresponsive state.

This is seems way more supernatural than psychological to me. What @Red-tailed hawk and @Meters think? I also would like to note that neither of the two definitions are currently used on body, so personally I am for getting rid of the specific categorization all together. It is an horror film. Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 23:52, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

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