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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Like The Pit, it filters childhood isolation and bullying through a distinctly Canadian strain of unsettling, dreamlike fantasy, with a young protagonist facing bizarre consequences beyond adult control.
02
Why this pick
Its measured, chilly Canadian atmosphere and lonely central figure create the same off-kilter unease as The Pit, letting an apparently ordinary environment become quietly hostile and uncanny.
03
Why this pick
This similarly disturbing child-centred nightmare turns a young outsider's fearful perceptions into heightened, surreal horror, balancing dark humour, cruelty and a vividly artificial visual world.
04
Why this pick
A troubled child's imagination takes on frightening physical force in this intimate, uncanny fantasy-horror, sharing The Pit's blend of juvenile vulnerability, isolation and escalating strangeness.
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Why this pick
Its storybook imagery and darkly playful menace suit the bizarre fairy-tale logic of The Pit, where childhood fears and desires shape a world that is both whimsical and threatening.
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01 / THE STORY
A solitary and strange preteen boy wreaks revenge on his harassers when he makes a disturbing discovery in the depth of a forest.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Sandy O'Reilly
Mrs. Benjamin
Allan
Butcher
Garth
Sgt. McNally
Trog
Mrs. Lynde
