2011 · horror · supernatural
Fertile Ground
Directed by Adam Gierasch1h 35m2011
Emily and Nate Weaver leave the city for the rural comfort of Nate’s ancestral home in the country. Once there, Emily is plagued by horrifying visions and haunted by the ghosts inhabiting their isolated new home. When Nate’s behavior undergoes a strange and fearful metamorphosis, Emily fears she might be the latest target in a murderous tradition.
Our read: Fertile Ground (2011) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / supernatural, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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