Kelli: You may have discovered it via internet memes, or you may have been eagerly awaiting its release since it was announced way back when, but either way, you have probably heard of Old. For the uninitiated few, Old is M. Night Shyamalan’s latest entry into the horror canon, and it is about a beach that makes people old. There is really no other way to describe it.

I guess to start, I’ll ask: what are your experiences with the work of M. Night Shyamalan? Would you consider yourselves fans?

Mary: 100% I’m a fan. I’m not going to say I love every single movie he’s directed (Lady in the Water *cough cough*), but I’ll always go see an M. Night Shyamalan joint. I feel weird about some of his work, though. For example, Split is a really harmful portrayal of dissociative identity disorder, but I can’t say I didn’t enjoy it a little.

Emily: I would also say I’m a fan. I don’t need someone to have a flawless body of work in order to look forward to a director’s projects. And even though movies like Old aren’t, I still think they’re a good time. I love that M. Night Shyamalan has a distinctive perspective. Like, yes, his movies have surprises in them, but I definitely have an idea I’ve what I’m getting into tonally when I sit down for some of his movies. And I want to go on record once again to assert that, yes, I am a fan of The Village.

(Spoilers for Old to follow.)