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* EmpathicEnvironment: The cartoons on the television seem to parallel what is happening to the children.
** A cartoon of two children falling asleep and being transported into a dreamscape as Kevin and Kaylee are getting used to sleeping in their new always-night environment. Another depicts crows having a funeral after Kaylee says "Why is mom crying?". Most notable is the "Presto Chango" cartoon, showing a rabbit that changes shape and disappears altogether. [[spoiler:Not only does the cartoon foreshadow the phone scene and ending, but it also mirrors the powers of the demonic entity in the house. The figure on the bed fading away at the end of the film fades in an upward wipe reminiscent of the Presto Chango rabbit disappearing.]]

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* EmpathicEnvironment: CrystalBallScheduling: The cartoons on the television seem to parallel what is happening to the children.
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** A cartoon of two children falling asleep and being transported into a dreamscape as Kevin and Kaylee are getting used to sleeping in their new always-night environment. environment.
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Most notable is the "Presto Chango" cartoon, showing a rabbit that changes shape and disappears altogether. [[spoiler:Not only does the cartoon foreshadow the phone scene and ending, but it also mirrors the powers of the demonic entity in the house. The figure on the bed fading away at the end of the film fades in an upward wipe reminiscent of the Presto Chango rabbit disappearing.]]

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* AlwaysNight: The house continues to be in complete, pitch-black darkness even long after the children are sure that morning must have come. Since all of the windows are gone, it's not like there's any way for sunlight to get through, after all.


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* TheNightThatNeverEnds: The house continues to be in complete, pitch-black darkness even long after the children are sure that morning must have come. Since all of the windows are gone, it's not like there's any way for sunlight to get through, after all.

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* AnachronismStew: A minor case occurs with the Franchise/{{Lego}} toys filmed in the movie--several of the brick pieces visible did not exist in LEGO's repertoire in 1995, having not been designed and added to its parts catalogue yet.


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* PresentDayPast: A minor case occurs with the Franchise/{{Lego}} toys filmed in the movie--several of the brick pieces visible did not exist in LEGO's repertoire in 1995, having not been designed and added to its parts catalogue yet.
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''Skinamarink'' is an independent horror film written, directed, edited, and crowdfunded by Kyle Edward Ball. It premiered at Fantasia Film Festival in July 2022, was released in theaters in North America on January 13, 2023, and was also released on the streaming platform Creator/{{Shudder}} on February 2. The director’s short film ''Film/Heck2020'' is a proof of concept for this movie.

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''Skinamarink'' is an independent horror film written, directed, edited, and crowdfunded by Kyle Edward Ball. It premiered at Fantasia Film Festival in July 2022, was released in theaters in North America on January 13, 2023, and was also released on the streaming platform Creator/{{Shudder}} Shudder on February 2. The director’s short film ''Film/Heck2020'' is a proof of concept for this movie.
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-->--'''Kaylee''', referring to the doors and windows of her home

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-->--'''Kaylee''', -->-- '''Kaylee''', referring to the doors and windows of her home



* DeliberateVHSQuality: Released in 2022, the film has an especially grainy, lofi look to it, adding to the ambiguous and unsettling atmosphere of the experience. Kyle Edward Ball confirmed the film was shot digitally, with the grain being an effect added in post.

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* DeliberateVHSQuality: Released in 2022, the film has an especially grainy, lofi look to it, adding to the ambiguous and unsettling atmosphere of the experience. Kyle Edward Ball confirmed the film was shot digitally, with the grain being an effect added in post.post-production.
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* EvilIsPetty: The entity will punish the kids in the most horrific ways if they don't want to "play" with it. [[spoiler: It takes away poor Kaylee's eyes and mouth, and makes the terrified Kevin put a knife in his eye for not immediately obeying the command to go into the kitchen.]] It's not like it even has a valid reason to reprimand them, [[ForTheEvulz considering it can make them do anything anyway.]]

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* WhamLine: One for those who don't know [[spoiler:whose face lost its eyes and mouth.]]

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One for those who don't know [[spoiler:whose face lost its eyes and mouth.]]



** And one that's like a cold, sharp stab of FridgeHorror. One of the biggest scares in the movie, and it's not a noise or an image, [[NothingIsScarier it's just]] ''two words:''

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** And one that's like a cold, sharp stab of FridgeHorror. One of the biggest scares shocks in the movie, and it's not movie doesn't come from a noise or an image, [[NothingIsScarier it's just]] ''two words:''a two words of ''on-screen text''.
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Jerkass is meant for characters that are obnoxious, not hostile and malicious.


* {{Jerkass}}: The entity is quite possibly the most despicable example in all of fictional media. This is a perverse being that gets off exclusively abusing children no older than six. The fact that it wants to do it possibly [[spoiler: forever, keeping tykes as its main source of eternal entertainment]] is beyond predatory.

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