‘Antebellum’ review: Message received, loud but not too clear


Who needs credible villains to fight when you can strike dramatic, picturesque poses like this? Photos: GSC Movies

Terrible things happen in the course of the psychological thriller Antebellum, and some of them do shock the viewer in unexpected ways – the film’s derivative Silence Of The Lambs-inspired poster aside.

Perhaps the most terrible thing, however, was the M. Night Shyamalan flashback it triggered for me, and not to one of his better concepts at that.

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Summary:

‘Bad’ people need to be human too

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