2023 · horror · thriller · survival
The Passenger
Directed by Carter Smith1h 38m2023
Randolph Bradley is perfectly content fading into the background, but when his coworker Benson snaps and goes on a violent killing spree, he’s forced to face his fears and confront his troubled past in order to find a way to survive.
Our read: The Passenger (2023) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded horror · thriller · survival entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- cold
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