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I was enamored by the sophisticated complexity of Brooklyn 45, writer-director Ted Geoghegans supernatural period piece about a frightening séance in post-World War II America and the equally disturbing aftermath. This dialogue-driven supernatural drama about being haunted by the metaphorical (and literal) ghosts of the past has a wildly unpredictable story and substantial themes that make it a thinking persons thriller.
Set within the confines of a first-floor parlor room in a Brooklyn brownstone, the film takes place over the evening of December 27, 1945. Recently widowed Clive (Larry Fessenden) has invited his best friends (and fellow wartime veterans) Archie (Jeremy Holm), Paul (Ezra Buzzington), Marla (Anne Ramsay), and Bob (Ron E. ...