Film: Contracted: Phase II Starring: Matt Mercer Directed by: Josh Forbes Two years after Eric England’s Contracted took the world of body horror by storm, IFC Midnight has released a clunky sequel with no input from England that struggles to find a single original beat. Opening with the same sequence that ended the first film, […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Contracted: Phase II’ Is Another Bad Horror Sequel
September 3rd, 2015 
James Shotwell 
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