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A “terrifying” new horror film has been released in the US to near-unanimous praise from critics.
Uniquenessan independent film centered on a blind medium grieving the death of their twin sister, was released in the US on Friday (June 19).
The Irish film, which viewers have been enthusiastically recommending on social media, currently has a 98 percent positive rating on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
Viewers shared their thoughts on the film on X/Twitter.
“Uniqueness it’s the scariest movie of the year,” wrote one person. “I screamed so loud during one sequence… I didn’t even know a horror movie could still give me that reaction! Absolutely terrifying that I loved it so much.”
“Uniqueness it was scary,” another person remarked. “The scariest movie of the year by far.”
“Hands-down, one of my favorite watches in recent memory,” wrote another. “This film had me wrapped around it[s] wooden fingers and loved every minute of it. Impossible, scary and brilliantly executed. I just love it so much.”
The film, which is directed by Damian McCarthy, currently has no UK release date.
Uniqueness comes with a lot of attention on a number of other major horror releases this year, including, most recently, the satanic horror FBI Long legs.
In a four-star review of Long legs, The independentClarisse Loughrey wrote:Long legs both marinate in the troubling legacy of real-life serial killers – from Charles Manson’s accomplices to the Zodiac Killer’s ciphers and the frantic phone calls of the Weepy-Voiced Killer – and, in its final stages, grow big and heavy in a way that doesn’t you’d feel completely out of place in one of those seventies horror movies with a title like ‘The Devil Is My Neighbor and Sometimes We Go Bowling’.
“Nicolas Cage’s serial killer looks creepy, but also like he could reasonably breed exotic shorthair cats. The actor’s erratic behavior has always served the descent into madness better, and less the characters who are comfortably at home there (this is Willem Dafoe’s turf). And his performance here is at its best when he essentially drops the ‘weird’ emotions and speaks deep and slow, with a hellish intensity.”
Long legs it’s in theaters now.
