It’s a great year for horror films about things coming back from the other side. Insidious: The Red Door returns to the roots of the seminal 2010s franchise. Meanwhile, Talk To Me turns communing with spirits into an allegory for addiction and the desire for social media fame. Overall, 2023 has been a fantastic year for horror. However, the “spirits come back to the world of the living” genre is in something of a golden age.
Then there’s Run Rabbit Run. From Australian director Daina Reid, the film explores the possibility of returning from death through the eyes of a mother-daughter relationship. The film was written by Australian novelist Hannah Kent (Burial Rites, The Good People). Run Rabbit Run premiered at Sundance. However, early critics’ reviews have not been kind to the film. It currently holds a 38% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
“Run Rabbit Run” Blurs The Line Between Illness And Possession
Sarah Snook (Succession) stars as Sarah, a single mother whose sister went missing as a little girl. After her daughter Mia (Lily LaTorre) asks if people can come back from the dead, Sarah opens up about her missing sister, Alice. At this point, strange occurrences begin to spring up about the mother and daughter. Sarah tells Mia that Alice loved animals and would have bring home wild rabbits. Sure enough, she comes home one day to find a wild rabbit in the house. She mentions that Alice was seven when she disappeared, only for Mia to remind her that she’s seven.
However, things really start to go off the rails when Sarah wakes up to find Mia standing at the foot of her bed wearing a crude rabbit mask. Before too long, Mia is starting to claim that she is in fact, Alice. As the trailer continues, Sarah begins to unravel as her life becomes more and more unstable. Is Mia unwell? Or is Alice actually back? Furthermore, what is Sarah keeping to herself about Alice’s disappearance? With plenty of connections to Alice in Wonderland, prepare yourself for a psychological thrill ride. Run Rabbit Run comes to Netflix on June 28.
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