We’re All Going to the World’s Fair – Very Strange
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Writer: Jane Schoenbrun (Screenplay)
Starring: Anna Cobb, Holly Anne Frink, Michael J Rogers
Plot: Alone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her.
Runtime: 1 Hour 26 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: We’re All Going to the World’s Fair starts when teenager Casey (Cobb) looks to join the World’s Fair, making her own video as a chance to be accepted into the online role-playing horror game.
As Casey keeps watching to see if she will get selected, the day will come, as she starts to document the changes she experiences, after seeing a string of disturbing videos along the way, from other players who wanted to join.
Thoughts on We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
Characters & Performances – Casey is the teenage girl that is looking to get involved in an online role-playing horror game, one that will challenge people to put together disturbing videos online, once she gets involved, Casey starts spiralling into a darker world, with only a random people online to communicate with. Casey will start to get into darker and darker worlds where she will only make things worse as she starts to become obsessed with being involved. Anna Cobb does do an excellent job here, needing to show every side to this character that is going down a dangerous path, mixing supernatural with reality.
Story – The story here will follow a teenage girl who gets involved in a twisted online role-playing horror game, that will soon start to consume her life, as her videos become more disturbing as she continues to play. This is a story that comes off strange, while it looks to get over two big messages, one be careful about the internet and how far you could go down dark rabbit holes and how loneliness could make people do things they wouldn’t normally do. The story does feel like it ends up showing the random videos, which will not get as explained to the full extend.
Themes – We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is a horror that will show the horrors the darker side of the internet can hold, while filling the film with disturbing images about what people will do to become important within this world. The effects used are strong to show each one of the images we are put through.
Final Thoughts – We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is an odd horror that isn’t afraid to show the disturbing parts of the internet.
