2018 · horror · thriller · true-crime
Dukun
Directed by Dain Said1h 48m2018
In a case that had the nation riveted and human rights organizations the world over up in arms due to a death sentence handed out to the accused, comes a tale about the lure of riches, power, eternal youth, beauty and the blood one must spill to achieve this.
Our read: Dukun (2018) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · thriller · true-crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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