“Antidote” (**1/2 out of four) was a better-than-average horror melodrama about a young woman (Ashlynn Yennie) who is held captive in an underground medical facility in which people are being mutilated and then attempted to be healed using a secret antidote of which no one knows its long-term effects. Ultimately too muted to really take off and excel but film has a creepy and eerie resonance and atmosphere and a tangible and cerebral aura that harks back to early Cronenberg. Striking cinematography by Lucas Pitassi is another undeniable plus.

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