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The Accursed

2022 · 96 min

A slow, uneasy cabin horror that blurs dreams and waking life, leaving you unsettled and watching the shadows.

Directed by: Kevin Lewis
Genres: Horror
Starring: Sarah Grey, Meg Foster, Sarah Dumont

Tagline: Are you ready to gaze into hell?
Overview: Elly is asked by a family friend to spend a few days looking after an elderly woman living in a remote cabin. She readily agrees thinking a short trip to the woods will be a nice escape. The cabin turns out to be anything but relaxing as Elly begins hallucinating in ways that blur reality with her dreams. As the visions take over, Elly realizes that she was lured there by a demonic presence hiding inside of the woman just waiting to break free.

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Directed by: Kevin Lewis
Genres: Horror
Starring: Sarah Grey, Meg Foster, Sarah Dumont

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
madness
deception
survival
death
Places: countryside
single country house
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Kevin Lewis
Written by: Rob Kennedy
Starring: Sarah Grey, Meg Foster, Sarah Dumont, Alexis Knapp, Mena Suvari, Sherman Augustus, Marian Lee, Olivia Day
Runtime: 96 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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