River

[Opens July 13 on various VOD platforms.] After the mysterious, tragic death of her mother (Becki Hayes) in Emily Skye's dark, low-key, award-winning, creepy, well-acted, 93-minute psychological sci-fi thriller, which is based on the short film River inspired by The Signal, Fire In The Sky, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Stranger Things, highlighted by terrific cinematography, and punctuated by a surprise ending, a grieving, traumatized, mentally-unhinged, nightmare-plagued young woman (Mary Cameron Rogers) tries to get a grip on reality, and when she disappears for over a week, her therapist (Courtney Gains), her manipulative and secretive best friend (Alexandra Rose), and her friend's smitten brother (Rob Marshall) become increasingly concerned.
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