(Also noting that ~50 years of genre awareness now has me more pissed than ever at Jack Torrence, because dude, the correct thing to do when you’re trapped in a haunted space is to share as much information as possible and admit you’re scared, not lie.) (Horror movies are giant What Not To Dos)

(But as an example of what a gaslighting character does? It’s spot on. And how to handle an unreliable narrator in the 3rd person shifting perspective. So as a craft piece, yay.)

I watched JAWS with the kids recently and they just went "Dad, is *everything* in this movie just happening because everyone's stupid all the time?" and . . . what's to say? "If you pay attention you'll notice there are also some things that happen because everyone's an asshole all the time"