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Old 22nd December 2013, 12:11 PM
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On Friday night, I watched Absentia due to a recommendation from Demdike and his review (see here).

It seems to be made with a moderate budget but this works in its favour as this allows the filmmakers great freedom in terms of narrative structure and basically to make something which is unlike the formulaic horrors churned out by the major studios. As Demdike said, it doesn't rely on cheap jumps but rather a growing sense of dread, an increasingly creepy atmosphere and glimpses and suggestions of something terrible instead.

I enjoyed Absentia more than most other horror films made in the last couple of years and was really pleased Demdike brought it to my attention.
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