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It's a western, but it's more relentlessly grim and ferociously cruel than any horror novel I've ever read. The very same reasons I think Robert Eggers (The VVitch) and Ari Aster (Hereditary) have made some of the best horror films since The Exorcist (1973).
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Thank you! I’ll check this out 😊
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