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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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IR Film Review: LAKE OF DEATH [Shudder]

"Lake Of Death" reflects these ideas in a persistent veil of childhood trauma which is not necessarily balanced within the story. As with some horror movies, it uses the concept of a location, usually far removed from the normal vein of living to act as a surrogate vision for these troubling issues that bubble to the surface and explode in a vein of action.

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