2016 · mystery · thriller · horror
The Offering
Directed by Kelvin Tong1h 35m2016
When young and successful reporter Jamie finds out that her sister has died in mysterious circumstances, she travels to Singapore to uncover the truth. There, she discovers multiple deaths linked to her sister's and must join forces with her sister's husband in order to defeat a demonic entity that is using new technology to complete an ancient mission.
Our read: The Offering (2016) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive mystery · thriller · horror entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme mystery / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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