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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Like Dead & Buried, it turns an ostensibly routine investigation into sleek, escalating body horror, balancing police-procedural momentum with a deeply unnerving sense that people are not what they seem.
02
Why this pick
This shares its early-1980s craftsmanship, isolated small-town setting, and grim practical gore, building suspicion around a series of attacks rather than relying on nonstop action.
03
Why this pick
A patient, mournful supernatural mystery with a strong investigator’s thread, oppressive atmosphere, and carefully staged revelations that reward the same taste for uncanny small-community secrets.
04
Why this pick
Its sun-bleached coastal town, dreamlike dread, and ordinary locals who feel subtly wrong make it an especially fitting companion to Potter’s Bluff’s poisoned small-town atmosphere.
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Why this pick
This paranoid supernatural horror similarly uses an investigation into bizarre deaths to create mounting unease, eccentric supporting characters, and a lurid seventies nightmare sensibility.
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01 / THE STORY
James Farentino stars as Dan Gillis, sheriff of the small New England coastal town of Potter's Bluff. In the film's opening scene, a mob of townspeople attempt to kill a visiting photographer. He is beaten, tied to a post then set on fire. He survives and is taken to a hospital, where he is murdered just out of sight of the sheriff and the doctor.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
William G. Dobbs
Ron
Linda
Girl on the Beach / Nurse Lisa
Ernie
George Le Moyne / Freddie
Doctor
Ben
