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Lovely, Dark, and Deep

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Lennon, a new back-country ranger, travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her since she was a child.
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Effectively playing on fundamental fears, Lovely, Dark, and Deep is a creepy calling card for debuting director Teresa Sutherland that's further distinguished by Georgina Campbell's haunting performance.

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Catherine Bray Guardian Georgina Campbell is well cast in the lead role... she achieves a balance between vulnerability and strength that means you’re rooting for her to survive, but she’s not an invincible badass. Rated: 3/5 Mar 18, 2024 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com There is nothing kind about writer-director Teresa Sutherland’s haunting suspense yarn Lovely, Dark, and Deep. Rated: 3.5/4 Mar 11, 2024 Full Review Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News Sutherland’s blood-chiller repurposes not only Muir’s words but the woods themselves. By its final third, this dark story will have sunk its gnarled roots deep into your psyche and settled into your nightmares. Rated: 3/4 Feb 21, 2024 Full Review Seb Jenkins Loud and Clear Reviews Highlighting both the beauty and terror within the same still landscape is nothing short of genius, and Poças’ shots provide a lot of the tension between Campbell’s own performance. Rated: 4/5 Aug 7, 2024 Full Review Will Bjarnar InSession Film Lovely, Dark, and Deep still manages to create something fresh, tactfully keeping its reliance on recognizable, cult-adjacent themes that give a heftier weight to its chills to a reasonable minimum. Rated: B Mar 11, 2024 Full Review Q.V. Hough Vague Visages “‘Lovely, Dark, and Deep’ teases a bright filmmaking future for Sutherland while spotlighting one of the horror genre’s most promising stars.” Mar 11, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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michael d Lovely, Dark, and Deep follows the path of a new Park Ranger going out for the summer alone in her territory. But, she has something in her past that makes us question her stability. In addition to this, there is something wrong in this forest: people go missing, and they aren't ever found. As the movie progresses, the film starts to slip in its perspective, with reality being twisted, things in the background move, and the main character appears to go deeper into her own mind and break with her reality. This is captured well by the production. The film has a small and slow quality to it that does make it slightly more difficult to feel connected to the character and the plot. But, there is enough there for a watch. The final resolution or twist doesn't do enough for the slower contemplative pace. It makes enough of a plotting that I'm glad I watched it, but overall it's a decent film, not great. Production is high, and the scenery well captured. The forest does almost become its own character. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/25 Full Review Craig B Lovely, Dark, and Deep is certainly an intriguing movie... I'm still trying to unpack what I saw! Georgina Campbell as Lennon in the lead role was very good. Stunning scenery and cinematography adds to the unsettling atmosphere. This is a really hard movie to recommend... if you are after something brooding and offbeat, you may get something out of it. It really is a movie you may just need to take a chance on... possibly, you'll really get into this movie and want to stay until the end, or you'll give up before the halfway mark... I was in the middle and watched to the end. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/25 Full Review Cristian s Visualmente hermosa (obviamente, prácticamente toda la película pasa en un bosque), bien actuada, bastante tensión y algún buen momento de susto. La historia esta buena, aunque por momentos se torna confusa y tiene poco para contar porque hasta durando una hora y media se vuelve larga. Digna de ver pero simple y olvidable. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/08/25 Full Review Christian C Within about 30 minutes, you’ll probably know if this movie is over your head. If you’re the type of viewer who wants labels like “It’s an alien! It takes you to another dimension on its ship!” you’ll probably get why the audience score is so much lower than the professional score. If you get just how ham-fisted and lazy an explanation for everything in a supernatural mystery/horror film can seem, then you might get why so many critics who see exponentially more movies than the average person enjoyed it so much more. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/18/24 Full Review Jerod S It had potential - and was well acted. But the national parks "taking people" and it being a big park ranger cover-up just kinda got weird. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/16/24 Full Review Jenny S I honestly dont know what to say. Park ranger who lost her sister and the forest is taking people........back packers etc say 'are you real' like their possesed. The ending is rubbish. Don't watch. Worse film I'm ever watched Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Lennon, a new back-country ranger, travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her since she was a child.
Director
Teresa Sutherland
Producer
Josh C. Waller
Screenwriter
Teresa Sutherland
Distributor
XYZ Films
Production Co
House of Quest Films, Woodhead Creative, QWGmire
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 22, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 22, 2024
Runtime
1h 27m
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