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The Visit (2015)

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director: M. Night Shyamalan
actor: Celia Keenan-Bolger Deanna Dunagan Ed Oxenbould Kathryn Hahn Olivia DeJonge Peter McRobbie
writer: M. Night Shyamalan

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The terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances of getting back home are growing smaller every day.

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