2023 · horror · mystery · sci-fi
Monolith
Directed by Matt Vesely1h 34m2023
A desperate young journalist turns to podcasting to salvage her career, but her rush to make headlines leads her to an alien conspiracy.
Our read: Monolith (2023) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive horror · mystery · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- cold
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