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The Frighteners
Why this pick
Its haunted-house mystery has the same gleefully off-kilter blend of scares, sarcastic humour and escalating supernatural mayhem, with a lovable eccentric ensemble.
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MOVIE2014 1h 49m NZL
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The Final Girls
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The Wolf Of Snow Hollow
Why this pick
A prickly protagonist, small-town tension and dry absurdist comedy give this creature-feature mystery the same appealingly messy, character-first horror-comedy spirit.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Kylie, a troubled young woman, attempts to steal the safe from an ATM. Her accomplice knocks himself out while attacking the ATM with a sledgehammer, and, when she is slowed by attempting to save him, the police capture both. Due to her history of recidivism, she is sentenced by the judge to house arrest for eight months under the care of her mother, Miriam. Kylie does not get along with either her mother or her step-father, Graeme, both of whom she considers to be nothing but boring annoyances. A security contractor, Amos, explains that Kylie's ankle monitor will alert the police if she ever leaves the premises of her mother's house.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Morgana O'Reilly
Kylie Bucknell
Rima Te Wiata
Miriam Bucknell
Millen Baird
Officer Grayson
Ross Harper
Graeme
Bruce Hopkins
Officer Carson
Wallace Chapman
Hollis
Cameron Rhodes
Dennis
Ian Mune
Judge