Jake ( Jesse Plemons) and the young woman (Jessie Buckley) are the only individuals faced with psychologically horrific events which create existential horror for its audience. Rather than refer to Kaufman's I'm Thinking of Ending Things as a psychological horror movie, it's more worthy of the existential horror label and sub-genre. Deciphering whether or not I'm Thinking Of Ending Things is scary is a difficult task to undertake because it is a highly subjective film. If films such as Gerald's Game, Mother!, and The House That Jack Built are considered the traditional psychological horror movies, then Kaufman's latest film breaks that tradition. I'm Thinking of Ending Things can be considered scary in its own right, but it is entirely dependent on how the viewer takes in the contents of the film. Related: I'm Thinking of Ending Things: Where You've Seen The Cast It is relentless in its existentialism, it makes the audience question what they are seeing, and evokes fears of death, dying alone, and aging. This is what makes it such a great psychological horror film. It has the ability to draw in an audience without revealing much of anything. I'm Thinking of Ending Things rarely allows the viewer to look away in fear of missing out on a moment of what could happen next. While most psychological horror films feature elements of blatant impending doom, a physical manifestation of what the character is experiencing, and torture, Kaufman's film does not.
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