2012 · horror · mystery · thriller
The Tall Man
Directed by Pascal Laugier1h 46m2012
When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
Our read: The Tall Man (2012) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · mystery · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- cold
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“You want small-town missing-child dread that slowly warps into something uglier.”
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