2021 · horror · mystery
Horror in the High Desert
Directed by Dutch Marich1h 20m2021
In July 2017, an experienced outdoor enthusiast vanished in Northern Nevada while on an outdoor excursion. After an extensive search, he was never located. On the three-year anniversary of his disappearance, friends and loved ones recall the events leading up to his vanishing, and for the first time, speak about the horrifying conclusion of his fate.
Our read: Horror in the High Desert (2021) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive horror · mystery entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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