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‘Whalefall’ Review: Austin Abrams Wrestles With Grief, Toxic Masculinity & Grotesque Whale Innards In Emotionally Gutsy Body Horror
Austin Abrams ‘ ascension to “scream king” status has resulted in an emotionally raw survival/body horror based on Daniel Kraus’ 2023 novel.
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Austin Abrams stars as Jay in Whalefall, a body‑horror film adapted from Daniel Kraus’s 2023 novel and written‑directed by Brian Duffield. The plot follows Jay’s dive in the Pacific Ocean to retrieve the remains of his father, Mitt, portrayed by Josh Brolin, who committed suicide a year earlier while battling a terminal illness. After Jay and a giant squid are swallowed by a whale, he has only an hour of oxygen left to escape the creature’s stomach, using the ordeal to confront his grief and the trauma surrounding his father’s death.
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