2014 · thriller · horror · supernatural
Jessabelle
Directed by Kevin Greutert1h 30m2014
A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.
Our read: Jessabelle (2014) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive thriller · horror · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured thriller / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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