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‘Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare’ Review: Public Domain Horrorsploitation Develops Some Chops
This latest in a “Twisted Childhood Universe” of cash-ins preying on copyright expirations ekes genuinely unsettling mileage from a cheesy concept.
But there’s no question director Scott Jeffrey casts a skillfully disturbed spell over a tale that emerges a cross between “It” and the original “Texas Chain Saw Massacre.” Iconic Events’ three-day U.S. theatrical release through Jan. 15 will be followed by runs in other countries starting next month. Pubescent Michael Darling (Peter DeSouza-Feighoney) is celebrating his birthday with older siblings Wendy (Megan Placito) and John (Campbell Wallace) and his divorced mum Mary (Teresa Banham), then later at school with his best friend Joey (Hardy Yusuf). It’s arguably a better treatment of overlapping themes than 2021’s overrated mainstream hit “The Black Phone” and undeniably a stylish great-leap-forward from the director’s prior behind-camera stints, a bleak résumé that includes “Firenado,” “Exorcist Vengeance” and “Cannibal Troll.”
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