2023 · comedy · horror · thriller
Phenomena
Directed by Carlos Therón1h 36m2023
Madrid, Spain, 1998. The many resources and skills of Gloria, Paz and Sagrario, three middle-aged women investigating paranormal events, are put to the test when their leader, Father Pilón, has an unpleasant encounter.
Our read: Phenomena (2023) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive comedy · horror · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- inventive
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