2019 · horror
Isabelle
Directed by Rob Heydon1h 20m2019
A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that wants nothing more than their very own lives.
Our read: Isabelle (2019) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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How Isabelle feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a low-budget haunted house horror about grief, stillbirth and an evil presence next door.”
Skip it tonight — You are sensitive to pregnancy loss, suicide attempts or creepy child haunting.
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