The Seeding

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The Seeding

Released Jan 26, 2024

1h 34m

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Mystery & Thriller

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In THE SEEDING, a hiker lost in the desert takes refuge with a woman living alone, and soon discovers that she might not be there willingly.

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Rich atmosphere and a handful of genuinely disturbing moments are only sporadically enough to outweigh The Seeding's monotonous pace and lack of narrative depth.

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

The film benefits from debut feature director Barnaby Clay’s desire to transfix us with his artfully detailed redneck-biblical landscape.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 6, 2024

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

The atmosphere is spectacular, and the disturbing moments are not missed, but it failed, definitively, at the end of its cook time. [Full review in Spanish]

Jan 30, 2024

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Clay’s surreal drama isn’t stillborn as much as it’s emotionally uninflected and monotonous.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 26, 2024

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Paul Lê

Tales from the Paulside

Ultimately, there's just not enough here to praise, on either an emotional or narrative level, but like some deserts, the film is nice to look at. It's just a place no one would be advised to go, much less stay.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 14, 2024

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Chad Collins

Dread Central

The Seeding is a terrifying primal scream across scorched earth and one of the year’s most confident debuts.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 1, 2024

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Lee Zumpe

Tampa Bay Newspapers

Clay’s fusing of claustrophobic estrangement, grisly carnage and Freudian oedipal complexes offers a disturbing allegory about parenthood and the harsh realities of survival.

Mar 27, 2024

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Cameron M

I think my problem with this film is that I want to think a lot more about what’s going on. That’s not what Clay wants, Clay wants you to witness despair without knowing why.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/20/25

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Gerald H

I hate the bad critiques here. This a great movie. Like in Aronofsky´s MOTHER, people do not understand the wonderful, underlying parable.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/12/25

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Kyle M

Though distasteful and progressively unwatchable in unflinchingly depicting rural folk horror, it gradually favors in being philosophically seeded and forebodingly clever whilst twistedly tightening within the natural ambiance. (B-)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/01/24

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Mikko S

It's greatest ammo is its simplicity and rawness in portrayal of human struggle confronted with the mysticism of unknown.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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Paimon D

The Seeding is a film; it exists despite it trying desperately to self destruct at every opportunity. Stepping on its own toes, The Seeding has some genius but if you’re a fan of cerebral horror steer clear of this flick. When it works it really works and when it fails, the pieces that had you hooked seem to be screaming up from a well. Bottom line, The Seeding is a watchable atrocity ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/20/24

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Audience Member

A insufferable main character, and crule movie that is just as bad as it gets. Not ever the desert location can save this horrible film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/14/24

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Synopsis

In THE SEEDING, a hiker lost in the desert takes refuge with a woman living alone, and soon discovers that she might not be there willingly.

Director: Barnaby Clay
Producer: Brian R. Etting
Screenwriter: Barnaby Clay
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Production Co: Out of the Ether
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 26, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 26, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.0K
Runtime: 1h 34m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)

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