''Machination'' is a 2022 Maltese horror film directed by Sarah Jayne and Ivan Malekin, starring Steffi Thake.
Cast
* Steffi Thake as Maria
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Mikhail Basmadjian as Father
* Sean James Sutton as Ian
* Rambert Attard as Yorgen
* Andrew Bonello as Peter
Release
The film was released to digital on 20 May 2022.
Reception
Noel Murray of the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' wrote that while the film is "not an easy movie to watch", it is "admirably unflinching in the way it observes Maria’s tics and phobias, showing how even something as seemingly benign and beneficial as hand-washing can become emblematic of a deeper self-loathing."
Daniel Tihn of the ''
Times of Malta
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'' rated the film 2 stars out of 5 and wrote that "after a litany of directionless technical issues", it "ends up being more hollow than haunted."
JP Nunez of the ''Horror Obsessive'' called the main character "boring", the plot "mostly meandering and directionless" and the imagery "very random and haphazard".
References
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Maltese horror films
2022 horror films
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