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During the 2020 lockdown, Lucrecia Martel returns to her home in Salta, Argentina’s most conservative region. Here she follows Julieta Laso who, like a muse, introduces her to a group of female artists and defiant people who exchange glances and opinions around a fire.
A young woman finds herself trapped in a surreal and terrifying journey when she boards a night bus that seems to travel through different dimensions. As passengers disappear and the bus takes an increasingly nightmarish route, she must confront unsettling figures and her own inner demons to find a way out. The film blurs the lines between reality and hallucination as the bus careens towards an unknown, possibly final, destination.
North Terminal received mixed to positive reviews, with many critics praising its unique and unsettling atmosphere, as well as its effective use of psychological horror. Some found the narrative disjointed, but generally, it was seen as a distinctive and memorable entry in the independent horror scene.
Praised for its distinctive and unsettling atmosphere.
Noted for its effective psychological horror elements.
Some reviewers found the narrative slightly challenging to follow.
Google audience: Audience reception information for North Terminal is not readily available on Google Reviews.
None notable.
Director Ivan Kavanagh is known for his atmospheric and often bleak horror films, with 'North Terminal' continuing this trend with its claustrophobic and disorienting setting.
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This might have done better for me if Lucrecia Martel had just stuck to putting together a series of authentic and potent folk performances from an array of people whom we meet, initially, sitting around a camp fire in the middle of lockdow...