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892 Review — 892 (2022) Film Review from the 44th Annual Sundance Film Festival, a movie directed by Abi Damaris Corbin and starring John Boyega, Nicole Beharie, Selenis Leyva, Michael Kenneth Williams, Connie Britton, Jeffrey Donovan, Olivia Washington, London Covington, Robb Derringer, Carmine Giovinazzo, Kate Burton, Albert Kong, Elise Neal, Kelli Dawn Hancock, Mel [...]

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Paul and Bryn Shaw (David Rees Snell and Teri Polo) move into an apartment building called the Beacon close to the college where Paul is starting an associate professor job. Bryn is in the process of recovering from a nervous break down that lead to a suicide attempt after the disappearance of their young son, Danny, three years before. While still settling into their new home, Bryn keeps spotting a little boy around the building, and hearing violent arguments coming from the apartment next door. Having reason to believe that the boy lives in said apartment, Bryn calls the police. This is when she discovers that the boy, Ronny, died in the building due to an apparent accident. And the next door apartment where the boy did actually live has been empty for months. Bryn’s husband, Paul, and her sister, Christina (Marnette Patterson), believe that she is...

A film known as The Beacon, or Haunting at the Beacon now has a trailer available. The Haunting at the Beacon stars Canadian, horror icon Michael Ironside (Starship Troopers), Teri Polo (The Hole), and David Rees Snell (Red State Blues). Character Bryn has recently lost her four year old child. Then Bryn sees a young boy in the elevator shaft, who has already died. Is she grieving, or seeing a messenger from the other world? Fans who like independent horror films will have to check this one out. Unfortunately, Sabbatical Pictures has not announced a release date. Expect this one to go straight to DVD, with a release date announcement coming shortly.

The synopsis for the Haunting at the Beacon here:

"Bryn, a thirty-something woman grieving over the loss of her 4-year-old son, along with her college professor and author husband, moves into the charming old Beacon Apartments. There, she...