An FBI agent unearths occult horrors and a personal connection while hunting a merciless serial killer.
Suspenseful. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Hulu and Kanopy (free).
What we could confirm fits an R: real scares and several jump scares.
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FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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