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Spiral (2019 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Spiral' is a 2019 Canadian horror thriller film, directed by Kurtis David Harder.Clark Collis, [https://ew.com/movies/2019/10/18/spiral-clip-brooklyn-horror-film-festival/ "The neighbors are scary as hell in clip from horror film Spiral"]. 'Entertainment Weekly', October 18, 2019. It stars Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Ari Cohen as Malik and Aaron, respectively, a same-sex couple who move to a small town with their daughter Kayla (Jennifer Laporte), only to suspect that their initial welcome from their neighbors Marshall (Lochlyn Munro) and Tiffany (Chandra West) may conceal something sinister.Patrick Kelleher, [https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/13/jeffrey-bowyer-chapman-spiral-horror-film-queer-gay-watch-trailer-homophobia/ "Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman faces off against terrifying, homophobic neighbours in spine-tingling new horror"]. 'Pink News', September 13, 2020.
It premiered August 25, 2019 at Arrow Video FrightfestPhil Wheat, [https://www.nerdly.co.uk/2019/08/27/frightfest-2019-spiral-review/ "Frightfest 2019: Spiral Review"]. 'Nerdly', August 27, 2019. and was screened at other horror and LGBTQ film festivals through late 2019 and early 2020. It premiered on Shudder in September 2020.[https://metrosource.com/dont-trust-the-neighbors-in-the-shudder-original-spiral-starring-jeffrey-bowyer-chapman/ "Don't trust the neighbors in the Shudder Original SPIRAL, starring Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman"]. 'Metrosource', September 6, 2020.
Production
'Spiral' was filmed during a 21-day period in 2018, in one of Alberta's small towns (Irricana), on a relatively low budget.
Critical reception
The movie received generally positive reviews. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critical consensus reads: "'Spiral' explores the tension between otherness and conformity with a well-acted horror story that chills even if it doesn't outright terrify." Phil Wheat of 'Nerdly' called it "an interesting look into the pressure of being minority" and believed that Bowyer-Chapman's performance was "the very epitome of tour-de-force." 'His Name is Death' editor Albert Nowicki praised the movie for its undertones and subtextual plot and applauded Harder for "finally giving gay characters the right to speak and tell their stories." He also stated the movie is "brave" and has "a lot of empathy."
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