📙 Part 2: Describe a movie you’ve watched recently and would like to watch again

This episode's vocabulary

Abduction (noun) - the act of making a person go somewhere with you, especially using threats or violence.

Initially (adverb) - at the beginning.

Creepy (adj.) - strange or unnatural and making you feel frightened.

Mockumentary (noun) - a film or television show made in the style of a documentary to make invented events seem real.

Unnerving (adj.) - making someone feel less confident and slightly frightened.

To heighten (verb) - to increase or make something increase, especially an emotion or effect.

Spine-tingling (adj.) - very special and exciting.

Tension (noun) - a feeling of nervousness before an important or difficult event.

Goosebumps (plural noun) - small raised areas that appear on the skin because of cold, fear, or excitement.

Terrifying (adj.) - very frightening.

To rewatch (verb) - to watch something again.

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Questions and Answers

M: Rory, could you start speaking now, please?

R: I feel bad now, because I really don't like the more recent movies that have come out. I suppose the most recent example would be an older film called "The fourth kind". It's a, I guess a science fiction horror movie about a town that suffers from a series of alien abductions. Oh, okay, in greater detail, it's a place in Alaska that... And it isn't immediately obvious that this film is about aliens. It's just initially about strange happenings and dreams. But things get genuinely creepy when the film introduces this sort of mockumentary-style series of video and audio recordings with people screaming and crying and making weird noises. It's a genuinely unnerving experience. Oh, to be more clear about the time when I first watched it, it was with friends at the cinema when we were teenagers. But the last time I watched it was by myself. And it was late at night, which only heightened the sort of spine-tingling feeling, I guess. It only got worse as the tension built and the film reached its, well, its conclusion. I still get goosebumps thinking about it, actually. Oh, and when it comes to describing how I felt, well, I like horror films anyways. But this one felt so real and terrifying. And I, actually, to be honest, had trouble sleeping afterwards. I think because of that realism. And the reaction that I had, it definitely invites a rewatch. So I think I'll be doing that quite soon.

M: And what about your friends? Did they watch this film? And would they like to watch it again?

R: I got a message on Instagram after I posted about it. And one of my friends was asking where I found the movie so he could watch it too. So at least one of them is watching this.

M: Thank you, Rory, for your answer!

R: Thank you for your prompting!

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