2017 · horror · thriller · coming-of-age
Dismissed
Directed by Benjamin Arfmann1h 27m2017
A straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.
Our read: Dismissed (2017) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded horror · thriller · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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