2021 · thriller · crime · tv-movie
Girl in the Basement
Directed by Elisabeth Röhm1h 28m2021
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
Our read: Girl in the Basement (2021) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded thriller · crime · tv-movie entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- cold
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