2020 · crime · drama · thriller
The Devil All the Time
Directed by Antonio Campos2h 18m2020
In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.
Our read: The Devil All the Time (2020) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded crime · drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- twisty
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