2020 · horror · mystery · thriller
Post Mortem
Directed by Péter Bergendy1h 55m2020
A post mortem photographer and a little girl confront ghosts in a haunted village after the First World War.
Our read: Post Mortem (2020) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · mystery · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- cold
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