A marshal's investigation into a missing patient unravels amidst chilling visions and a pervasive sense of dread.
Suspenseful and bleak. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy (free) and YouTube (free).
Some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence, about what an R should carry.
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World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.
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