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summarised the film as containing "far too few jolts to appeal to garden variety horror fans. But the highbrow contingent will respond well at fests, and Bryn's quiet confidence earns him a spot on filmmaker-to-watch lists." Jones is described as "good at using minimal cues to suggest a large
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