The World is Full of Secrets

Name: The World is Full of Secrets
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: October 31, 2019
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 51
Cast: Alexa Shae Niziak, Ayla Guttman, Dennise Gregory, Elena Burger, Peggy Steffans

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| Release Date: October 31, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Alexa Shae Niziak, Ayla Guttman, Dennise Gregory, Elena Burger, Peggy Steffans, Samuel Shapiro, Violet Piper

Summary: What's the scariest story you know? An elderly woman-seemingly addressing us from the future-looks back on a harrowing night in the 1990s when she and a group of teenage girlfriends gathered for a sleepover to swap spooky tales and dabble in some occult mischief. But what begins as seemingly harmless adolescent fun is only a prelude to aWhat's the scariest story you know? An elderly woman-seemingly addressing us from the future-looks back on a harrowing night in the 1990s when she and a group of teenage girlfriends gathered for a sleepover to swap spooky tales and dabble in some occult mischief. But what begins as seemingly harmless adolescent fun is only a prelude to a horror that remains tantalizingly unseen and unspoken. Unfolding in a trancelike haze of dreamy dissolves, spectral double exposures, and audacious long takes, this visually sublime fusion of avant-garde aesthetics and classic old-dark-house atmospherics bristles with the hushed, candlelit air of a séance.… Expand

Director: Graham Swindoll

Genre(s): Drama, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Carlos Aguilar

Jan 30, 2020

As it explores the intersection between the occult and mankind’s brutal cruelty in relation to women, The World Is Full of Secrets grips us with its minimalist, calibrated and cerebral scare tactics. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Oct 28, 2019

Graham Swon undermines our expectations of horror-movie conceits, attempting to tap the primordial manna of oral storytelling. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Oct 31, 2019

The World is Full of Secrets concerns text more than anything else — not the visuals within filmmaking or performance, but the stories being told. As an experiment with the sensory experience of film storytelling, it backfires. To best engage Swon's massive amounts of text, you’re better off closing your eyes. Read full review

Teo Bugbee

Oct 31, 2019

Intriguing, but ultimately slight. Read full review

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