2018 · thriller · drama
Hold the Dark
Directed by Jeremy Saulnier2h 5m2018
In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soon finds himself swept into a chilling mystery.
Our read: Hold the Dark (2018) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive thriller · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured thriller / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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