2020 · horror
Penance Lane
Directed by Péter Engert1h 24m2020
A hardened criminal fresh out of the joint takes a job as a handyman in a dilapidated house; but the twisted horrors he finds inside are enough to send anyone running. So why does he stay? And why are so many people drawn to Penance Lane?
Our read: Penance Lane (2020) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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