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The Institute
USA 2022
produced by Chelsea Roth, Artemus Cole, Victorya Brandart, Mark Lobene, Ron Verstappen (executive), Jeff Kirby (executive), Robert Eisenberg (executive), Iram Zaman (executive), Tom West (executive), Veronica Au (executive), Jonathan Sethna (executive) for Kamikaze Dogfight, Headless Films, Whiptail Wallaby Productions, Conducive Productions
directed by Hamza Zaman
starring Ignacyo Matynia, Victorya Brandart, Mark Lobene, Jarred Harper, Joy Donze, Claire McClain, Louisa Bradshaw, Frankie Wang, John Easterlin, Richard Nwaoko, Ginamarie Russo, Annamarie Russo, Naomi Indira, Hamza Zaman, Benjamin Curns, Serial No. 07, Chelsea Roth, Talia Gonzales (voice), Ethan Abramson, Artemus Cole, Alexander Zvyagin, Cyrus Zaman
written by Hamza Zaman, music by Paco Periago, special effects makeup by Beatrice Sniper
review by Mike Haberfelner
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So far, all of Daniel (Ignacyo Matynia) and Marie's (Victorya Brandart)
attempts to get her pregnant only led to one stillborn baby, much
heartbreak, and the depressing diagnosis that she'll never be able to
conceive again. But Daniel isn't one to give up, and ultimately he finds
out about Dr. Lands' (Mark Lobene) holistic (experimental) fertility
institute. Now the place is somewhere in the woods in the middle of
nowhere, and there's no cellphone service of course, but the atmosphere
works wonders for Marie, and she's quick to take to the rather esoteric
methods of Dr. Lands and is quick to befriend the other couples in
treatment, Steve (Jarred Harper) and Mel (Louisa Bradshaw), and Blu (Joy
Donze) and Izzy (Claire McClain). Daniel on the other hand soon finds
something off about the place, and finding a hidden camera in his and
Marie's bedroom only confirms his suspicions. His secret investigations
lead to quite some unsettling findings, including the fact that the
offspring that Lands produces in the institute might not be all human -
and it's then that he has to learn that Marie is in fact pregnant ...
A quite unsettling piece of cult-based horror (even if the
institute is never openly identified as "cult") as it juxtaposes
pictures pictures of perfect harmony (including sexual harmony) with the
nasty goings-on behind the curtain, which initially don't seem to amount
to much, but thanks to a very well-structured screenplay really grow out
of proportion. And thanks to a subtle enough direction that allows the
threat to grow without betting on spectacle until the finale, and a very
solid ensemble cast, this has turned out to be one really cool genre
piece.
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