Imaginary | Lionsgate | March 8, 2024

[Taylor]

^ Fair point, it looks like they acquired it before production. But Wadlow co-wrote the script so I'm sure it's not great.

[Krissykins]

Yeh, if a Blumhouse film is being released by any other studio, you know Universal passed. They have had a first look deal for 10 years now, which actually runs out this summer. 

[Boxofficerules]

Hard to believe this is out tonight, the buzz seems non existent. There are no reviews on rotten tomatoes and it's taking a slaughtering on Letterboxd.

[Bob Train]

So far 0/3 reviews are positive

 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/imaginary/reviews?intcmp=rt-scorecard_tomatometer-reviews

[Krissykins]

It’s got a goofiness to it. And the dialogue is really heavy handed and obvious. 
 

But it actually has about 4-5 good scares in it, and a twist I didn’t see coming. 

Would be good gateway horror for youngsters. Much better than Night Swim. 

[AMCTheater2000]

$12 million budget

 

[Krissykins]

6 minutes ago, AMCTheater2000 said:

$12 million budget

 

LA Times, THR and Deadline are reporting $10m budget. So I guess it’s $10-12m. They did well to keep it so low. 

[ThePhasmid]

The director's history with Blumhouse leaves much to be desired. I guess it's a low budget risk with medium size reward for him. Meanwhile, still waiting to see any updates for Leigh Whannell's Upgrade property.

[Asyulus]

There’s apparently a single f-bomb in the IMDB parents guide of Imaginary. Who gets to yell the f-bomb?

Spoiler

The little girl after she pricks her finger to a sharp nail?

Or the bear?

 

[Krissykins]

5 hours ago, Asyulus said:

There’s apparently a single f-bomb in the IMDB parents guide of Imaginary. Who gets to yell the f-bomb?

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The little girl after she pricks her finger to a sharp nail?

Or the bear?

 

Neither! 

 

Spoiler

The older sister.

 

[DAJK]

This and Night Swim were about the same quality-wise for me. Ugh.

[Asyulus]

10 hours ago, Krissykins said:

Neither! 

 

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The older sister.

 

Spoiler

How about the weaker swears? Like "shit", "ass", "crap" etc.?

 

Do the little girl and/or the bear curse if not the f-word?

 

Would be funny if they did.

 

[Krissykins]

50 minutes ago, Asyulus said:

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How about the weaker swears? Like "shit", "ass", "crap" etc.?

 

Do the little girl and/or the bear curse if not the f-word?

 

Would be funny if they did.

 

Spoiler

I don’t think they did, the bear doesn’t have his own voice, he speaks through the little girl. 

 

[Dominic Draper]

This was a huge step up for Wadlow from his previous blumhouse films.

 

I went in expecting a 0/10 and came away thinking it's a 3/10.

 

It has a couple story beats and scenes that surprised me in a good way. 

 

It's still bad, and forgettable. But i came away thinking that was a generic film with an okay concept that had some potential if a talented director had made it instead of thinking I have lost my faith in humanity that film was so bad like his last 2.

 

 

Edited March 10, 2024 by Dominic Draper