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Sator

2019

Jordan Graham

Michael Daniel, Rachel Johnson, Aurora Lowe, Gabriel Nicholson ...

4.2

392

Horror Adam lives a lonely existence in a cabin in a desolate forest, checking "Deer Cam" feeds on his computer and occasionally receiving visits from his brother Pete. Another family member looms large in his life: his grandmother “Nani”, who has long been a receptor for a spirit she calls Sator. This presence has been getting into her head and “training me, teaching me to be a person,” Nani says, and Adam slowly discovers that it has a more ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"[It] may be more impressive in its striking atmospherics than in its somewhat murky storytelling. Nonetheless, that arresting presentation makes for an impressive debut"	POS
United States	Becky Sayers Dread Central	"Stylized and somber, 'Sator' gets under your skin with a minimalist approach (...) Prepare yourself for a film that is measured and simple, yet beautiful and full of personal depth (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Matt Donato SlashFilm	"There’s a lot to love here (...) It’s emotionally invasive, disturbing, and brutally unforgiving"	POS
United States	Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"Graham has carefully composed Adam’s (and our) progression by hinting at details that will only be given focus when the time is right."	POS
United States	Meredith Borders Bloody Disgusting	"It’s scary and sleepy and utterly strange, a dusky little dream of a film that no one on earth could make but Jordan Graham. (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	John Serba Decider	"A strange outing, the work of a filmmaker skilled in a number of technical visual storytelling skills, using them to churn up some chillingly moody ambience."	POS

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