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Practical Effects
The Bagman design—repulsive, tactile, deeply wrong.
Acting
Claflin's unraveling father—desperate, sweaty, utterly believable.
Direction
McCarthy squeezes dread from domestic spaces.

Director
Colm McCarthy
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