If you loved The Midnight After, try Forbidden Empire

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 surreal mood tag, and they sit in Horror / Mystery / Science Fiction / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Midnight After, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Forbidden Empire is

Carpathia, 1730s. A heavy fog and the creak of axles. A European cartographer enters a village untouched by time, encircled by a deep trench. Superstition has replaced faith, and something ancient has taken root. One to watch for Nikolai Gogol completists.

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