The Origins of Wit and Humor (2015)

The Origins of Wit and Humor: Directed by Christian Gridelli. With Joe Hursley, Steve Lemme, Karisa Bruin, Grace McPhillips. A comedy writer’s need for approval leads him to a wonder elixir that bends his world into a surreal landscape of comedy tropes, which forces him to explore his own worth outside the writer’s room.

“Now we are off to a horror. After her husband shot himself, Beth tried to grief while a demonic entity harassed her in her house.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie was dark, literally. I would say more than half of the runtime took place in pitch dark and I could barely see anything on the screen. This worked most of the time, but still there were scenes that were impossible to see.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe pacing was incredibly slow. I would be lying if I said that I was awake the whole time. However, this slow pace did work in creating a creepy and atmospheric horror. Itu0026#39;s shocking but the jump scares here were actually effective and came outta no where. Also, the great acting from Rebecca Hall definitely elevated the horror and carried the movie. She was extremely sarcastic at times, rightfully so, but then delivered very well during the horror scenes.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe theme of the movie reminds me of The Babadook, which dealt with grief and depression. Both movies used similar metaphors for griefs. Although I still preferred the Babadooku0026#39;s smart and scary usage of the entity, this movie created more mystery and had a great lingering final shot.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, despite some issues, itu0026#39;s still a good drama that used horror elements in a smart way. 7.5/10.”