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- 2019
- Not Rated
- Arrow Video
- 1 h 32 m
- 2019
- Not Rated
- Arrow Video
- 1 h 32 m
Summary A hospital psychiatrist's own sanity is pushed to the edge when a frightened amnesiac patient insists that he has died and brought something terrible back from the other side.
Directed By: Billy Senese
Written By: Billy Senese
- 2019
- Not Rated
- Arrow Video
- 1 h 32 m
- 2019
- Not Rated
- Arrow Video
- 1 h 32 m
The Dead Center
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Summary A hospital psychiatrist's own sanity is pushed to the edge when a frightened amnesiac patient insists that he has died and brought something terrible back from the other side.
Directed By: Billy Senese
Written By: Billy Senese
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
63
71% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Obviously, director-writer Billy Senese didn’t have a ton of money to work with, but The Dead Center wisely eschews gore and special effects in favor of setting a dark, malevolent mood.
The film is in tune with the need to remain lucid and empathetic while in the maw of human extremity.
There’s a lot of excellent atmospherics here that are more unsettling than the actual violence, which in turn is all the more effective for largely being kept just off-screen.
What it has going for it in spades is supremely creepy atmosphere. The hospital virtually becomes a major character in the story itself, its washed-out coloring and neon lights making everyone look like they have a sickly pallor.
The plot seems sillier the more one mulls it over, yet it’s a testament to the film that we’re not preoccupied with questions of probability for the duration of its running time.
What’s crucial is how Senese and cinematographer Andy Duensing film these elements: patiently, attentively, with a feel for space and ambient atmosphere, and a reluctance to offer easy explanations that invites tantalising metaphorical readings, and counts as recognisably Carruthian.
Carruth’s troubled performance holds the piece together until it loses the thread on its own tenuous mythology, descending into incoherent cacophony.
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Based on 6 User Ratings
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Based on 6 User Ratings
6.0
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33% Mixed
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17% Negative
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