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  "description": "Cobweb is a middling autumnal horror movie rooted in family secrets and childhood trauma. Lizzy Caplan excels at the crazy-lady role and is perennially trapped in it. Antony Starr is hard to mentally separate from his role as Homelander in The Boys . Starr is a capable actor but Homelander is such a perverse character and the shadow cast by a role like that is hard to escape. Peter is a quiet, reserved kid who hears tapping inside his bedroom wall until, one day, a voice calls out to him. His mother Carol (Caplan) and father Mark (Starr) are simultaneously dismissive, controlling and outwardly overprotective. They are, in reality, protecting the dark secret that lurks in their walls. The creature in the walls is, in fact, Peter's sister. A monstrous creature who alludes to having learned to climb while kept in the basement. She dismembers some bullies who break into Peter's house and Peter is rescued by the only person who actually cares about him, his teacher. They lock his sister in the basement and she promises to haunt him for the rest of his life. There's nothing to take away from this and no resolution. It's a dreary and only vaguely entertaining film.",
  "path": "/watching/movies/cobweb-2023",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T12:13:41Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:sttgf52vkk46f6yuknvqxvgh/site.standard.publication/self",
  "tags": [
    "mystery",
    "horror",
    "drama"
  ],
  "title": "Cobweb"
}