2023 · sci-fi · horror
The Mill
Directed by Sean King O'Grady1h 46m2023
A businessman wakes up beside an ancient grist mill situated in the center of an open-air prison cell with no idea how he got there. Forced to work as a beast of burden to stay alive, he must find a way to escape before the birth of his child.
Our read: The Mill (2023) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive sci-fi · horror entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured sci-fi / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- inventive
- cold
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