2017 · horror · thriller
The Mimic
Directed by Huh Jung1h 40m2017
The mother of a missing child takes in a lost girl she finds in the woods, but soon begins to wonder if she is even human.
Our read: The Mimic (2017) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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“You want atmospheric Korean horror centered on a mysterious child in the woods.”
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