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Spell

2020

Mark Tonderai

Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, Andre Jacobs, Lorraine Burroughs ...

5.0

908

Horror. Thriller A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with the ancient remedies.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Debruge Variety	"This is a decently stylish thriller with occult elements that should satisfy viewers’ genre requirements"
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Unfortunately, the filmmaker's stylistic efforts aren't enough to compensate for the predictable, cliché-ridden aspects of the screenplay by Tillman"
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"A film that chucks interesting elements into a pot and conjures up something rather bland instead (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"An unabashed homage to 'Misery' (...) a deliciously twisted little set piece with some truly creepy and grotesquely memorable horror sequences (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times	"If scares are the movie’s raison d’etre, though, it’s hard to imagine 'Spell' will frighten anyone but those vulnerable to a few bits of graphic gore."
		Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"[It] is stronger on maintaining suspense and a macabre atmosphere than it is at following through on its ideas"

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