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  • The Dark And The Wicked (2020)
    Review preview for The Dark And The Wicked

    What would it mean to live in a world where damnation was a very real and tangible prospect and yet, because of one's immutable nature, nothing one did could make a difference to one's fate?

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.
  • The Strangers (2008)
    Review preview for The Strangers

    Bertino introduces a parade of cardboard characters whose psychological reflexes only extend to squealing when something goes bang.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    A young couple are terrorised by a group of masked home invaders.

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