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Halley (2012)

Halley poster
Directed by
Sebastian Hofmann
Genre
horror film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
18+
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A security guard's body is decomposing and he tries to hide it from others. He withdraws from society as his physical condition gets worse.

bleakslow-burnclaustrophobicmelancholicunsettlinglonelybody-horror

What happens

Halley is a 2012 Mexican body horror drama film directed and edited by Sebastián Hofmann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Julio Chavezmontes. The film stars Alberto Trujillo as a dead security guard who withdraws from the world after his body becomes too decomposed to hide. The film premiered at the 2012 Morelia International Film Festival, and later showed at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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