User blog comment:EtherBot/RABBITS! -- Surreal Horror and the TERROR OF DREAMS/@comment-25941663-20180216142639/@comment-25458443-20180216212132

I think you would enjoy Rabbits, but if it sounds too long, just be aware that you'll need to be VERY patient with it. I'm pretty patient with movies anyway but even I had the urge to skip some scenes where I felt like "ok i get it" but DON'T DO ANYTHING.

I like the way you phrased it: make the scene smell weird. I disagree, however. A lot of good surrealism (which is something I've had a passing interest in but admittedly never actually watched a proper movie about until Rabbits), is about making the scene off in ways that are...obvious, I think. Silent Hill 2 has dialogue that's "subtly off". Rabbits has dialogue thats intrinsically off.

Its like I mentioned in the post, the difference between surreal horror and surreal humor lies completely in the presentation. If they had different camera angles, slightly more active editting and an underscore that was less oppresive, you could make Rabbits into an oddly hilarious film a opposed to one that absolutely horrified me. The overly long pauses COULD'VE become punchlines if they only, perhaps, zoomed in, maybe played a long sound cue, but instead they just "are" and that lack of acknowledgement is what makes them impossible as punchlines.

Another aspect of the presentation is the performances. Each of the actors have very great voices and, I think, nailed the physical performance perfectly. You really do get the same vibe from each of them and I think that's commendable. It shows how much they were able to understand lynch's vision. Its hard to comment on just how good their VOCALS are without spoiling anything but I think you'll agree if you watch it. Have of the unease comes from how they say their lines more than the line itself.