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In this horror that takes place on an exclusive beach that might as well be at the end of the world, a nightmarish truth about the human condition unfolds.

It is precisely this angle that elevates M. Night Shyamalan’s Old beyond being just another horror movie.

The Guardian reckons that the high-concept horror is Shyamalan’s best since The Sixth Sense, allowing him to enjoy “some serious mojo-recovery”.

Adapted from the graphic novel Sandcastle, by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters, Old sees time accelerate fatally while some unlucky families are stuck on a supposedly idyllic private beach.

The trailer can give you a better idea:

Receiving a rare five-star review, it is “exactly suited to Shyamalan’s talent for a particular kind of audacious, ingenious hokum”:

But unlike his mysteries, The Village or The Happening, where Shyamalan appeared to lose his grip on the steering wheel halfway through (or earlier), the enjoyably preposterous yet creepy premise is maintained to the finish line.

Gizmodo adds in their review that “very few films in recent memory have elicited such a physical, visceral reaction as this one, and it’s a testament to Shyamalan’s filmmaking”.

The ensemble cast “that Agatha Christie might have imagined” nicely balances the elements of silliness and deadly seriousness throughout.

This, along with feelings of fear and anxiety, leaves the audience perched on the edge of their seats, not aware of time going by themselves.

Old was released in cinemas today, so you can watch at your own pace.

[sources:theguardian&gizmodo]