2021 · fantasy · thriller · horror
The Unhealer
Directed by Martin Guigui1h 34m2021
A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to settle the score.
Our read: The Unhealer (2021) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive fantasy · thriller · horror entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme fantasy / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- cold
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