‘THE ONES YOU DIDN’T BURN’ ILLUMINATES THE POWER OF ANCESTRAL RESENTMENT [CFF 2022]

Modern Horrors
by Jeremy Burgess

It probably didn’t take much foresight on her part, but Elise Finnerty’s feature debut embodies a common double-edged sword for the horror genre: It’s “timely.”

In fact, given the Supreme Court’s latest decision that came down the morning after the world premiere of The Ones You Didn’t Burn, it couldn’t possibly be more timely. Though it would be an oversimplification to say that it’s a film about women led by a male character, the parallel is there, and it’s hard to shake.

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