The Abandoned

Director: Nacho Cerdà

Cast: Anastasia Hille, Karel Roden, Carlos Reig-Plaza, Paraskeva Djukelova, Valentin Ganev

(Lionsgate/After Dark Films, 2006) Rated: R

US DVD release date: 19 June 2007 (Lions Gate)

[26 February 2007]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

Voracious

Like the Overlook Hotel in The Shining, this bad place exacts revenge on ignorant interlopers.

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