2012 · horror · thriller · supernatural
Playback
Directed by Michael A. Nickles1h 35m2012
While digging into their town's infamous past, a group of high school students unwittingly unlock an even darker secret. Now, an evil spirit has been awakened and will stop at nothing to find his true heir.
Our read: Playback (2012) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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