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THE REVEREND’S REVIEW

Possessor

Dir Brandon Cronenberg, UK/Canada 2020

On UK release from 27 November

His House

Dir Remi Weekes, UK 2020

Streaming on Netflix

Remember when director David Cronenberg used to make gory, sci-fi, tech thrillers about shady companies and existential philosophy? Well his son Brandon does, because he’s keeping that flame alive with his new film . Holly is a contract killer who uses and an old episode of . And let’s not forget the first movie with Ricardo Montalban hypnotising folks to kill the Queen. Yet wants us to consider the of murdering at will from the safety of a lab. Yes, even assassins are working from home, these days.

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