Deep river valleys, tall limestone bluffs sawing through the sky… thousands of years ago, this unique portion of the Midwest escaped the crushing effects of the giant Ice Age glaciers. But with its scenic beauty, this preserved primal landscape also conceals unimaginable terrors: Mississippi river cults, inescapable addictions, lives not lived and blood-thirsty vengeance from beyond the grave. Four terrifying tales of the macabre Midwest.
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The essential scenario– an elderly, avuncular-yet-slightly-sinister antique shop owner with a terrifying tale for every item in his shop – recalls the classic Amicus anthology portmanteau films of the 60s and 70s, leading one to expect a compendium of old school EC comics type tales of gruesome poetic justice and retribution. But Tim Connery’s unexpectedly lyrical dark hymn to his native MidWest offers something richer and stranger; riffing off seemingly familiar genre tropes in unexpected, unfamiliar fashion, its intelligent, thoughtful, unexpectedly poignant stories filled with mood, atmosphere, character, and above all with a concrete, palpable sense of place.
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