Habit2017
“One taste... and you're hooked”
Directed by Simeon Halligan
🏆 2 wins & 1 nomination total
The premise
Manchester, the present. Michael divides his time between the job center and the pub. A chance meeting with Lee, an introduction to her Uncle Ian and a heavy night on the lash lead to a job working the door at a Northern Quarter massage parlor. After witnessing the violent death of one of the punters, Michael experiences blood-drenched flashbacks and feels himself being sucked into a twilight world that he doesn't understand but that is irresistibly attractive. When he eventually finds out what goes on in the room below Cloud 9, Michaels' life will never be the same again.
Horror Vault's take
In the rain-soaked backstreets of Manchester, an aimless drifter stumbles into a sinister underworld after a chance encounter lands him a job at a shady massage parlour. What begins as a gritty slice of Northern English life gradually darkens into something far more disturbing, as violent visions and inexplicable urges begin to consume him. Based on a novel, Habit blurs the line between grim social realism and supernatural horror, luring viewers into a world that is as seductive as it is terrifying.
Content: Graphic Violence, Violent Death, Cannibal Content, Drug Use And Overdose, Sexual Content Implied
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