2006 · horror · thriller
The Attic
Directed by Mary Lambert1h 28m2006
Emma has a strong aversion towards her family’s new house, especially the attic. After moving in, she becomes miserable and reclusive. The rest of her family also seems unhappy and unsettled. The situation escalates one day when Emma is in the attic alone. All of a sudden someone who looks exactly like Emma attacks her viciously.
Our read: The Attic (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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