THE DEAD THING
MAIN SCREEN
MONDAY 26 AUGUST - 10.30 AM
Director: Elric Kane.
With: Blu Hunt, Ben Smith-Petersen, John Karna, Katherine Hughes.
USA 2024. 94 mins.
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE - A neo-realist take on ‘The Invisible Man’ and a modern urban legend for the online dating era. Alex is a young woman lost in a series of meaningless connections who signs up to the Friktion dating app and meets the perfect match. Kyle is a charismatic and sensitive man and soon she’s falling in love. But Kyle hides a dark secret that turns their affair into a twisted and dangerous obsession. Unusual, unexpected and unique, THE DEAD THING is the best thing to happen to independent horror in a very long time.
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