honestly, disregard anyone confused by this movie—there's so much that's great here
a full throated anti-facist statement paired with gnostic occult horror
sincerely worth a watch just for the smoke/fog fx
slowly reveals itself as a story about ritual and sacrifice—sentimental to me as a reminder of growing up north of the prairies, and the vacant expanses between me and the rest of the world that felt insurmountable