2016 · horror · drama
A Dark Song
Directed by Liam Gavin1h 40m2016
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
Our read: A Dark Song (2016) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive horror · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured horror / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
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“You want grief-driven occult horror that earns its slow ritual crawl.”
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