2014 · horror · drama · werewolf
When Animals Dream
Directed by Jonas Alexander Arnby1h 24m2014
Teenage Marie lives on a small island with her father and catatonic mother. Virtually friendless and sullen, Marie begins to experience frightening changes in her body that mark her as a dangerous threat.
Our read: When Animals Dream (2014) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive horror · drama · werewolf entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme horror / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- inventive
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