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he teens at the centre of this Aussie frightener have clearly never seen a horror film or read a thread on movie tropes. Otherwise they'd never be opening themselves up to spirits possessing them as a party game, pushing the ‘safe’ time a little longer for the LOLs… Opening with a truly shocking one-take tone-setter and ratcheting up the chills, taps into an exploration of the impact of trauma via unsettling visual effects and sudden, brutal violence. It also leaves an ending open for a possible

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