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Lumina Movie Poster: A human skull appears inside a smashed-up space helmet, lying in the dirt of a strange planet
MOVIE

Lumina

age 15+

Truly inept alien abduction movie has violence, language.

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Longlegs Movie Poster: Facing sideways, Lee Harker clasps a hand over her mouth and clutches her gun with the other hand
MOVIE

Longlegs

age 16+

Gore and shock in brutally effective serial killer movie.

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Mother, Couch Movie Poster: Ewan McGregor looks up, a bloody axe over his head
MOVIE

Mother, Couch

age 15+

Unpleasant, surreal comedy has swearing and smoking.

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MaXXXine Movie Poster: Her back to viewers and wearing an evening dress, Maxine (Mia Goth) smiles while flashbulbs go off
MOVIE

MaXXXine

age 17+

Clever finale to gory, graphic feminist horror trilogy.

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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 Movie Poster: Hayes Ellison (Kevin Costner) appears in profile
MOVIE

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

age 16+

Costner's violent, epic Western is meandering but watchable.

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Daddio Movie Poster: A woman (Dakota Johnson) appears in the top box, and a cab driver (Sean Penn) is in the lower box
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Daddio

age 17+

Lots of sex talk, swearing in thoughtful, touching drama.

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Blackwater Lane Movie Poster: Cass (left) looks sideways at Matthew (center) and Rachel (right)
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Blackwater Lane

age 14+

Bland thriller with murder, ghosts, and gaslighting.

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The Exorcism Movie Poster: Anthony Miller (Russell Crowe) is dressed as a priest and holds a cross up at something
MOVIE

The Exorcism

age 16+

Meta demon-possession movie relies on clichés, jump scares.

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Kinds of Kindness Movie Poster: A field consisting of many cutout faces of the main characters, looking like masks
MOVIE

Kinds of Kindness

age 17+

Graphic sex, gore in strange, slow, but funny anthology.

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The Human Centipede Movie Poster: Something with six arms screams behind an opaque door; bloody handprints are visible
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The Human Centipede

age 18+

Infamously icky horror movie is truly repulsive; skip it.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2010)
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