Old review: M. Night Shyamalan's stylish horror of accelerated ageing
2 August 2021
Old, directed by The Sixth Sense’s M. Night Shyamalan, is a stylish sci-fi horror film about a group of tourists stranded on a beach who age at an accelerated rate
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