If you loved Hold the Dark, try Shimmer Lake

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Hold the Dark

2018 · dir. Jeremy Saulnier

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Theyboth carry the paranoid, raw mood tags, and they sit in Crime / Mystery / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Hold the Dark, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Shimmer Lake is

Swelter. Ontario, a week earlier. A smashed taillight. Sheriff zigzags back in time, hunting robbers. Each day reveals a darker truth. His brother is a suspect. A gimmick done right can become a stylish noir.

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What Shimmer Lake is

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