The appearance of the butterfly starts the dream come true effect.
As a horror film, the most important thing is not to use sensory stimulation as a means, but to grasp the human psychology. Any horror film that masters this point is generally not too bad. Obviously, this film did not do it. It is still writing on the visual and auditory sense. The audience is afraid of the senses rather than the psychological.
Generally, even if it is a horror movie that has always stimulated the audience on the senses, it can still be considered a success if it finally gives a reasonable and non-illusory explanation. This film is not the same way. From the beginning, it is clear that dreams come true is reality, which is inexplicable by human knowledge. Cody can only be portrayed as an alien-like character.
As far as actors are concerned, in fact, parents do not have any outstanding performances, especially mom, who is very stiff and stupid, and the complex emotions of the characters are more mechanical. Even Jacob, who everyone loves, has no chance of performance in this film, it can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. Of course, I am very grateful that this movie did not turn the little boy into a terrible character with a gloomy face. He has always been kind and he never wanted to hurt anyone.
In the end, the success of this film is that after the final reason is revealed, the story itself is heart-warming and touching. It is not only that the adoptive mother gave up the image trouble of her own child, and firmly overcomes the fear and rescued Cody from the terrible dream. What is more moving is the origin of the ulcer ghost, which is the appearance of Cody's biological mother after chemotherapy. The vague error and mother’s expression that I will always be with you.
The bug is, will Dad come back? How about Sean as the person who really died? What's even harder to mention is that this long-entangled nightmare has disappeared, but Cody will not live without other nightmares. What if the earth is destroyed?
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