2021 · drama · horror · sci-fi
Demonic
Directed by Neill Blomkamp1h 44m2021
A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed.
Our read: Demonic (2021) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive drama · horror · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- cold
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