Relic2020
“Everything Decays.”
Directed by Natalie Erika James
🏆 5 wins & 29 nominations total
The premise
When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter rushes to the family's decaying home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.
Horror Vault's take
When their elderly matriarch vanishes from the remote family home, a daughter and granddaughter travel to rural Australia to find her — only to discover something far more disturbing than a simple disappearance. The crumbling old house seems to mirror its owner's deteriorating mind, as mold creeps across the walls and strange, claustrophobic rooms conceal unsettling secrets. Relic uses the slow unraveling of dementia as a lens for genuine dread, blurring the line between psychological grief and supernatural horror. This is quiet, intimate terror that lingers long after the credits roll.
Content: Body Horror Imagery, Depictions Of Dementia And Cognitive Decline, Disturbing Psychological Themes, Some Graphic Physical Deterioration
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