2016 · thriller
The Ones Below
Directed by David Farr1h 26m2016
A young affluent couple expecting their first child hits it off with the new couple that moves in downstairs, until a dinner party between them ends in a shocking accident.
Our read: The Ones Below (2016) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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