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Lace Crater

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Lace Crater

2015

1h 23m

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Romance

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A woman encounters a presence in a guest house.

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Katie Walsh

Los Angeles Times

It would spill over into silly if not for the delicate performance of Burdge, who brings a palpable fragility and anchors the film with her sensitive, intensely physical performance.

Aug 8, 2016

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Steve Greene

IndieWire

It's a story that has its share of unnerving sequences, but like its pivotal character, it feels stuck between two worlds.

Rated: C+

Aug 8, 2016

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Kenji Fujishima

Village Voice

Slight though it may be, Lace Crater's mix of Andrew Bujalski-style naturalism and Roman Polanski-style body horror is at least off-kilter enough to keep one absorbed throughout.

Aug 8, 2016

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Morgan Rojas

Cinemacy

Ultimately, if you are able to accept the absurdity of it all and not demand answers to the question, Why? - you'll get the maximum enjoyment out of this gem.

Aug 6, 2018

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Steve Macfarlane

Cinema Scope

A queasy demise is the best-case scenario on the other side of a one-night stand in Harrison Atkins' Lace Crater, a s-s-s-s-s-s-spooky and inventive indie debut that's best seen, if possible, in a packed theatre.

Oct 17, 2017

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Ray Pride

Newcity

Atkins' modest means bely ambitious notions about the haunted self, drawing not only from the lo-fi snapshots of early comedies by Bujalski and Swanberg but, yes, even the psychological horror of Polanski.

Aug 12, 2016

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Slow moving. I liked the main characters, and the soundtrack is great. Less exciting than Contracted and It Follows, but along the same lines. I enjoyed it, but Lace Crater will never require a second viewing.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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I love strange and quirky independent films that are deeper than their premise, who challenge you and provoke conversation, like good art should, but I can't stand boring and pretentious films such as this. Textbook example of great idea, poor execution.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Synopsis

A woman encounters a presence in a guest house.

Director: Harrison Atkins
Producer: Lawrence Dai, Adam Kritzer, Joe Swanberg
Screenwriter: Harrison Atkins
Production Co: Forager Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 10, 2017
Runtime: 1h 23m

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