If you loved Open Water, try The Return

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.

What they share

Theyboth carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Horror / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Open Water, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Return is

Texas farmland. Late fall. A crow’s caw. A businesswoman in transit, haunted by images of a brutal crime, menaced by a present stalker. She finds no easy answers in the place where the nightmare began. Asif Kapadia’s foray into occult horror is a disquieting watch.

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