Deception of a Generation
2.6
1984
1 hr 33 min
Documentary
Cute and seemingly innocent toys are opening your home to the occult. Witchcraft may well have gained an inroad into your family.
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- Cast:
- Gary Greenwald
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A different way of telling a story
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If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
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This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.
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Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
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