2019 · drama · horror · romance
After Midnight
Directed by Jeremy Gardner, Christian Stella1h 23m2019
Dealing with a girlfriend suddenly leaving is tough enough. But for Hank, heartbreak couldn’t have come at a worse time. There’s also a monster trying to break through his front door every night.
Our read: After Midnight (2019) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · horror · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- inventive
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