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A Chronicle of Corpses

2001 · 1h 23m · Horror, Drama

IMDb 4.1 Metacritic 56 RT 63%

Skip it. 'A Chronicle of Corpses' is a slow-burn period horror that can't quite justify its glacial pacing—the mixed reviews (63% RT, 4.1 IMDb) suggest it's trying too hard to be arthouse and not hard enough to actually entertain. Unless you're specifically hunting for experimental horror with pretensions, there are better ways to spend your night.

Plot

The Elliot estate was once a thriving plantation, but by the 19th century, the family has crumbled under the weight of its own excesses. If sordid sexuality and insanity don't claim their lives, a malevolent force lurking on the land certainly will. Is it a supernatural entity, or simply the poverty-stricken locals seeking revenge? In between the killings, which are regarded with mild interest at best by the surviving members of the family, dysfunctional relationships play out in slow motion. There is an unhappy marriage, affairs with servants, homosexual trysts... Marj Dusay and Ryan Foley star in this award-winning chiller from auteur Andrew Repasky McElhinney.

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