A fractured family confronts their old, chilling home, where melancholy memories and terrifying events slowly unravel.
Suspenseful and bleak. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Netflix.
Real scares and several jump scares, about what a TV-MA should carry.
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Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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