2014 · horror · thriller · latvian
The Man in the Orange Jacket
Directed by Aik Karapetian1h 11m2014
A business executive lays off hundreds of harbor workers after they go on strike. He and his wife plan to escape the stress by taking an Italian vacation. On the evening before the trip, one of the fired workers, dressed in an orange harbor worker safety jacket, slips into their home. Although his immediate actions reveal a murderous intent, revenge is only the initial step.
Our read: The Man in the Orange Jacket (2014) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · thriller · latvian entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
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- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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