2022 · horror · supernatural
Incantation
Directed by Kevin Ko1h 51m2022
Inspired by the true story of a family who believed they were possessed by spirits. This film follows a woman who must protect her child from a curse.
Our read: Incantation (2022) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive horror · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme horror / supernatural, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
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How Incantation feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want Taiwanese folk horror that weaponizes curses, POV footage, and dread.”
Skip it tonight — Supernatural possession and self-harm imagery will follow you to bed.
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