Side Effect2020
“Confide in Me”
Directed by Alexey Kazakov
The premise
A traumatic experience leads to a break-up between a young married couple. In a desperate attempt to save their marriage, Andrey, the husband, seeks help from a psychic named Mara. His only wish is to make his wife Olga forget the past. Mara's magic works, but the second honeymoon soon turns into a living nightmare... Andrey gradually recognizes that he is dealing with a powerful evil that possesses his wife, and the price of the psychic's service is Olga’s life.
Horror Vault's take
When a devastating trauma tears a Russian couple apart, the husband Andrey turns to a mysterious psychic named Mara in a last-ditch effort to salvage his marriage — specifically, to erase his wife Olga's painful memories. The ritual appears to work at first, offering a fragile hope, but strange and disturbing changes in Olga soon signal that something far darker has taken root. What began as an act of love unravels into a nightmare as Andrey realises the cure may be far worse than the wound. This Russian folk horror entry leans into psychedelic dread and supernatural menace, blurring the line between healing and corruption.
Content: Supernatural Violence, Themes Of Sexual Assault, Loss Of A Child, Disturbing Visions And Hallucinations, Psychologically Distressing Content
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