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IR Film Review: STOPMOTION [IFC Films/Shudder]

"Stopmotion" wants to exist in Lynchian world where all paths lead to either realization of ruin. The context of the journey follows a young woman who seems to searchng for something but comes to conflict with something she can't control. The beginning is wrapped in an idea of an overbearing mother who seems to exert a sense of intent with her daughter to make a animated stopmotion film which seems to fuel her psychosis.

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IR Film Review: THE PUPPETMAN [Shudder]

The concept of demon possession can be an interesting mode of psychological tells depending on how the story is told. With "The Puppetman", premiering on Shudder, it is about taking on a protagonist that doesn't quite know where the antagonist fits into the story.

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IR Film Review: BLOOD FLOWER [Shudder]

The essence of the Djinn mythology has played a large part in the context of Far East mythology specifically in Indonesia and the Indian subcontinent. Using this element in a horror structure while surrounding it with social context, conscience and battles of good vs. evil creates complex ideals that are both intense and yet mythic and thematic

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IR Film Review: KANDISHA [Shudder]

With "Kandisha" it is a mix of many different elements both with textures of Islam but also mythology. In a modern context it is intriguing because this mythology in general talks about a female almost centaur coming to take the lives of the men because of their transgressions.

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IR Film Review: THE CALL [Shudder]

Chester Rushing plays the other lead Chris and, while he is supposed to be the fresh eyes, his texture of guilt, while prominent, isn't taken to its full possibility either [but Sanders would have been the real breakout]. "The Call" had potential but simply delivered on its base line, which is not a criticism but a fact.

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IR Film Review: CAVEAT [Shudder]

The crux of "Caveat" is based in the structure that everything needs not to have an exact reason. The film itself may be an exploration of the consequential cause and effect but the way it is built in the perception of the characters is both understandable in mood but also ethereally unconnected.

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