2015 · thriller · drama · supernatural
Zipper
Directed by Mora Stephens1h 43m2015
Sam Ellis is a man on the rise — a hot-shot federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. But what was meant to be a one-time experience with an escort turns into a growing addiction — a new demon threatening to destroy his life, family, and career.
Our read: Zipper (2015) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller · drama · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- bleak
- cold
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