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Recluse

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Joan, a sound recordist, returns to her father's estate in the aftermath of a devastating fire, only to trace a series of ghostly audio fragments toward a buried family secret -- and someone determined to keep it that way.

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Nadine Whitney The Curb 1d
3.5/5
Recluse is an unsettling and uneasy journey into the modern uncanny. Go to Full Review Rebecca Sayce FILMHOUNDS Magazine 2d
3/5
Recluse signals Chaisson as a director to watch, paying homage to classic gothic horror tropes while creating something wholly unique and daring in equal measure. Go to Full Review Sebastian Zavala Kahn Cinencuentro 2d
3.5/5
Bryce Holden's cinematography plays with the contrasts between light and shadow; some flashbacks are shot as if filmed on 16mm, which contributes to the atmosphere of dread, and there are a couple of genuine scares. [Full review in Spanish]. Go to Full Review Josh Korngut Dread Central 3d
4/5
Shares its house with the gothic and nasty EC Comics of the 1950s, the same poisoned well Stephen King's Creepshow segment "Father's Day" drew from. Go to Full Review Mike McGranaghan Aisle Seat 4d
Burrows into your head and start messing things up. Go to Full Review Daniel Kurland Bloody Disgusting 4d
4/5
Recluse hits all the tropes that one expects to find in this type of horror film, yet it manages to push this story in a daring, disturbing new direction that uses sound as a superpower. It’s a hell of a directorial debut from Henry Chaisson. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Henry Chaisson

Director

Sasha Frolova

Actor

Xander Berkeley

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Mia Vallet

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Toby Poser

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Kimball Farley

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Movie Info

Synopsis Joan, a sound recordist, returns to her father's estate in the aftermath of a devastating fire, only to trace a series of ghostly audio fragments toward a buried family secret -- and someone determined to keep it that way.
Director
Henry Chaisson
Producer
Josh Lobo, Henry Chaisson, Gillian Cooper, Katharina Windemuth, Alex Dandino
Screenwriter
Henry Chaisson
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English