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Tin Can (2020)

Tin Can poster
Directed by
Seth A. Smith
Genre
horror film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
16
Rating
4.1 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A parasitologist is kidnapped and locked inside a life suspension chamber while trying to find a cure for a fungal pandemic. She must survive in this confined space while mysterious forces keep her trapped.

claustrophobictensesuspensefulbleakslow-burndisorientingclinicaloppressive

What happens

Tin Can is a 2020 Canadian science fiction horror film, directed by Seth A. Smith. The film stars Anna Hopkins as Fret, a parasitologist who is working on the cure to a fungal pandemic when she is abducted and imprisoned in a life suspension chamber by mysterious forces. The cast also includes Simon Mutabazi, Amy Trefry, Michael Ironside, Shelley Thompson and Taylor Olson. Smith has clarified that the film was shot prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film premiered at the Sitges Film Festival in 2020, and had its North American premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival in August 2021. It was also screened at the 2021 FIN Atlantic Film Festival, where it won the awards for Best Score and Best Cinematography in an Atlantic Canadian film. It has been acquired for commercial distribution by levelFilm, with commercial release planned for 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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