*Kill List* Broken Domesticity, Discount Hitmen, and the Unfathomable Abyss of British Folk Horror
Ben Wheatley blends British kitchen-sink drama with hitman cinema and the most devastating pagan folk horror of the 21st century.
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"Ben Wheatley is one of the rare filmmakers who make us lose our composure out of sheer cinematic pleasure. 75% of their work is enthusiastically recommended. That doesn't happen every day." — Redacción Claqueta Ácida
Ben Wheatley blends British kitchen-sink drama with hitman cinema and the most devastating pagan folk horror of the 21st century.
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