Chattanooga Film Festival 2022: Disquieting Depression Fills The Unsettling

Horror Obsessive
by Sean Parker

Airbnb horror is firmly establishing itself as an emerging subgenre in horror. Recent films like The Rental and Superhost have injected new versions of psychopaths into hotel horror scenarios, but this may be the first occasion of a ghost story. As a haunted house movie, I was immediately drawn to the title of Harry Owens’ film, The Unsettling. Warping the sounds of those creeks in unfamiliar houses into oppressive claustrophobia and cause for anxiety is apt for a movie that does exactly that.

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