2019 · sci-fi · thriller · supernatural
Freaks
Directed by Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein1h 45m2019
Kept locked inside the house by her father, 7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world, where Abnormals create a constant threat—or so she believes. When a mysterious stranger offers her a glimpse of what's really happening outside, Chloe soon finds that while the truth isn't so simple, the danger is very real.
Our read: Freaks (2019) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · thriller · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured sci-fi / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
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