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At first glance, premise — which sees Samara Weaving’s (TV’s ) young bride play a deadly game of hide-and-seek with her new husband’s family — is as simple as it is absurd, but over the course of a hugely entertaining 90 minutes it quickly reveals itself to have a lot of brains beneath the gore. In addition to smart twists and turns you won’t see coming, the darkly funny

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