Warning: Full SPOILERS ahead for Netflix's Eli!
As teased in my review of Eli, the latest Netflix and Chills offering is a horror film that hopscotches into a couple of different spooky subgenres. The premise of a boy "allergic to the world" sequestered in a creepy old house where he's forced to undergo painful medical procedures blends elements of body horror, haunted house scares, and psychological thriller. Then in the third act, the truth behind Eli's "condition" is revealed along with its final subgenre, religious horror.
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As teased in my review of Eli, the latest Netflix and Chills offering is a horror film that hopscotches into a couple of different spooky subgenres. The premise of a boy "allergic to the world" sequestered in a creepy old house where he's forced to undergo painful medical procedures blends elements of body horror, haunted house scares, and psychological thriller. Then in the third act, the truth behind Eli's "condition" is revealed along with its final subgenre, religious horror.
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