2006 · horror · thriller
Population 436
Directed by Michelle MacLaren1h 28m2006
A census-taker is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.
Our read: Population 436 (2006) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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