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Deep Dark

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Hermann (Sean McGrath) considers suicide until he finds a strange talking hole in the wall that has the power to fulfill his wildest dreams, or become his worst nightmare.
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Anton Bitel Sight & Sound Jun 3, 2015
concerns the holes that artists must face - and fill - in their darkest hours of the soul... a hit-and-miss satire of that sweet spot where art pushes hard against commerce. Go to Full Review
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Ray M @RT56089597 Apr 9, 2025 Interesting take on what artists would do to become (in)famous. See more Jun 12, 2021 It saddens me to see this film so unfairly criticised by some other reviews here. Simultaneously ambitious and yet humble, Deep Dark falls squarely into the B+ movie range. Lacking the budget and acting heavyweights to elevate it to the heights it could reach, it instead wisely keeps the majority of the plot contained to a single, pseudo-Lovecraftian apartment. Watching this as a purely realistic film is missing the entire point - rather, it blends the symbolic and fantastical with the melancholy of being an artist in a commercial world. The concept of the Something-in-the-Wall is a stroke of genius. We are never totally sure what she, or it, is. Never sure of her capabilities, her aims and objectives. Yet we cant help but treat her as a human, even knowing that she is not. Sean McGrath approaches his character with an incredible restraint. He never devolves into melodrama, managing to balance the surreal reality of his predicament with a palpable sense of sadness. Moments that seem like clumsy delivery simply add to the feeling that these are real, socially awkward people, rather than the slick A+ fare we're used to. Anne Sorce, too, pulls off a swaggering Devora despite the limited resources to show her burgeoning art empire. In a late scene, she sells us the version of Devora behind her mask, and ultimately, the layer behind that, as well. All in all, an excellent film that dares to be different, and is unafraid of letting the audience wonder at what they're not being explicitly shown. See more Aug 20, 2019 I liked this was original bizarre I wish to know what was inside the hole See more Jul 22, 2018 Really the actual acting was atrocious and the plot was insanely stupid. I watched this by mistake thinking it was a movie I actually wanted to see.... Ooooooh boy was I wrong. Where do I begin. For one, seeing a full grown man finger and have sex with a strange demon glory hole in a dirty nasty apartment wall was not something I felt was needed or really pushed the plot forward. I mean if having sex with walls is your thing watch this movie right now. Otherwise that's is without a doubt the highlight of the entire movie. He bangs a wall and it spits out weird eggs that he makes into ugly mobiles. It attacks some ginger lady and the movie totally doesn't explain anything about what happened to her (unless I missed it while yawning and rolling my eyes waiting for something meaningful to take place?) Either way the entire tone of the movie was what I assume was the writers desperately trying to find a way to show a man sexually pleasuring a violent wall hole to become rich in the art world. I can not understand what even caused me to finish this garbage because the ending was just as stupid as the entire movie. Please dear god do not give away your precious time on earth viewing this film. Anyone who claims to like it is a hipster who likes it ironically or for a stupid reason they don't understand but contains large words to make them seen chic and important. I enjoyed writing this much more than I enjoyed this stupid stupid stupid pointless anticlimactic gutter waste. See more Sep 6, 2016 Was a bit weird and strange. But found my self sympathizing with the hole whose needs are just about as real as any humans. See more Jul 21, 2016 what a weird f&/ed up movie. With a good actor might have been ok. kept waiting for the "feed me"line to be thrown in a la Little shop of Horrors See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Hermann (Sean McGrath) considers suicide until he finds a strange talking hole in the wall that has the power to fulfill his wildest dreams, or become his worst nightmare.
Director
Michael Medaglia
Producer
Lara Cuddy, Jason Freeman, Todd E. Freeman, Thomas Ethan Harris, Michael Medaglia
Screenwriter
Michael Medaglia
Production Co
Polluted Pictures , Vitamin M
Genre
Fantasy, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 26, 2016
Runtime
1h 19m
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