The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Inhabitant
Horror · Mystery · 2022
Like any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her to question her own sanity and shocking ancestry.
Movie details
The Inhabitant
“You can’t hide from an evil that lives within.”
2022 Horror · Mystery 1h 37m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
Like any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her to question her own sanity and shocking ancestry.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over The Inhabitant?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Jerren Lauder
Written by
Kevin Bachar
Odessa A'zion
Tara
Leslie Bibb
Emily
Dermot Mulroney
Ben
Lizze Broadway
Suzy Beemer
Michael Cooper Jr.
Carl
Mary Buss
Aunt Diane
Jackson Dean Vincent
Caleb
Court is in session
Put The Inhabitant on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.