The Arbors

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The Arbors

2020

1h 56m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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Set against a dreary small town, The Arbors follows Ethan Daunes, a reclusive locksmith struggling to keep ties with his younger brother, Shane. Ethan's life takes an unsettling turn after finding a strange small creature and forming a mysterious connection. After a string of unexplained killings, the creature's true nature is soon revealed, and Ethan finds himself at the center of panic and paranoia.

Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

11/10/2020

It's a fairly sophisticated (almost noirish) psychological narrative for the genre, and director Witmer does a fine job of maintaining a keen sense of anxiety in the film.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

04/06/2021

If viewers can get through watching this whole movie without falling asleep, they'll find the ending to be so disappointing that sleeping through it would be a much better option ... The story is a sluggishly paced, dimwitted mess, and it ruins the movie.

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Stefan Birgir Stefans

sbs.is

03/28/2021

2.5/5

Lurking inside a two-hour runtime there is a great 80-minute flick; however, in its current state it's dull at times and uninteresting. The mind wanders away from the screen while a lonely man reflects awkwardly on what to do with this murderous creature.

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Michael Gingold

Rue Morgue Magazine

03/26/2021

It's a carefully controlled, well-thought-out and finely crafted film that's being sold as a monster movie but is really a disquieting mood piece.

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Seth Troyer

Dread Central

08/28/2020

4/5

This is a complex, brooding film that deserves to move beyond the indie circuit to devour a wider audience.

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Brad P

@Bradster69 02/27/2023

A film where paranoia runs rampant in a setting that will make suburbanites shudder with recognition and city dwellers remember why they fled their small towns in the first place.

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@RT45535931 02/17/2023

It was an "OK" movie I guess...it was rather dull at times.......ending was very drab.....hard to figure out connection between that critter & the kid. Seen much better movies, no doubt. I would probably not watch if someone would have told me.....& reading reviews before I watch anything really does not work for me to well.

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Patricia K

@RT94838306 09/10/2022

Sllllloooooowwwwww and really lacking. Obv Ethan's got issues and the "monster" (which isn't much) is his lonesomeness and inability to change his life. Been done much better a billion times.

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Ron T

@RT62088096 08/05/2022

A dreary and depressing movie about a dreary and depressing character named Ethan who is as expressive as a kidney stone and has the personality of a bird dropping. He comes across a spider-like creature and, instead of spraying it with a large dose of insecticide thereby saving us from having to suffer through this nonsense, he somehow connects with it. The following scenes of Ethan laboriously dragging bodies and his torturous conversations with his younger brother who, for whatever reason looks years older than him, have the nimbleness of a three-toed sloth and exude the excitement of a thimble full of naval lint. I have had gall bladder attacks that were more entertaining than this mess!

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prawnda s

@RT72497680 07/17/2022

if you keep in mind that it's a low budget film, it's not so bad. that said, i recommend watching on 2x-4x speed, since it's quite heavily padded.

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06/17/2022

This movie is very cerebral. The "monster" stuff isn't really scary and the special effects aren't top-notch but getting into the head of the protagonist is damaging. It is rare to see a movie from this perspective and it is far too easy to empathize in the wrong places. It left me feeling chilled and hollow. I loved it!

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Set against a dreary small town, The Arbors follows Ethan Daunes, a reclusive locksmith struggling to keep ties with his younger brother, Shane. Ethan's life takes an unsettling turn after finding a strange small creature and forming a mysterious connection. After a string of unexplained killings, the creature's true nature is soon revealed, and Ethan finds himself at the center of panic and paranoia.

Director: Clayton Witmer
Producer: Clayton Aggeles, Michael Samilow, Clayton Witmer, Drew Matthews
Screenwriter: Clayton Witmer, Chelsey Cummings
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 26, 2021
Runtime: 1h 56m

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