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Puffball (2007)

Puffball poster
Directed by
Nicolas Roeg
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, horror film, science fiction film
Country
United Kingdom, Canada
Runtime
2h
Rated
R
Rating
3.8 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A supernatural thriller about a woman who becomes pregnant after moving into a remote cottage. Strange forces and local tensions threaten her and the unborn child.

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What happens

Puffball is a 2007 supernatural horror-thriller film directed by Nicolas Roeg, his final feature before his death in 2018. The script was adapted from Fay Weldon's 1980 novel of the same name by her son, Dan Weldon. The film was partially funded through the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund. The film had its premiere at the Transilvania International Film Festival on 3 June 2007. The film was later released in Canada on 28 October 2007, and saw a limited release in the United States on 29 February 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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