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Tusk (2014)
★ 5.5 · 1,595 ratings on TMDB
A truly transformative tale
When his best friend and podcast co-host goes missing in the backwoods of Canada, a young guy joins forces with his friend's girlfriend to search for him.
DirectorKevin Smith
The emergence reading
Tusk keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, trauma, exploitation, horror.
zero-distanceCAidentitytraumaexploitationhorror
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