2014 · sci-fi · thriller · horror
The Incident
Directed by Isaac Ezban1h 42m2014
Two parallel stories about people trapped in illogical endless spaces: two brothers and a detective locked on an infinite staircase, and a family locked on an infinite road... for over 35 years.
Our read: The Incident (2014) reads as a sombre, steady, surreal sci-fi · thriller · horror entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured sci-fi / thriller, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- surreal
- cold
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