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2030 – Archive 81 (TV Series 2022–)

Archive 81 is an American horror streaming television series developed by Rebecca Sonnenshine. The series is based on the podcast of the same name, about researchers cataloging the video archive of a missing filmmaker. It stars Mamoudou Athie and Dina Shihabi in leading roles. The series was released on January 14, 2022 on Netflix. (wiki)

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2015 – Mare of Easttown (TV Series 2021)

spacetime coordinates: 2019 suburban Philadelphia

Mare of Easttown is an American crime drama limited series created by Brad Ingelsby for HBO. Directed by Craig Zobel and written by Ingelsby, the series premiered on April 18, 2021, and concluded on May 30, 2021, consisting of seven episodes. It stars Kate Winslet as the title character, a detective investigating a murder in a small town near Philadelphia. Julianne NicholsonJean SmartAngourie RiceEvan PetersSosie BaconDavid DenmanNeal HuffJames McArdleGuy PearceCailee SpaenyJohn Douglas Thompson, and Joe Tippett appear in supporting roles. Mare of Easttown was acclaimed by critics, who lauded its story, characters, acting, and representation of women. (wiki)

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2013 – Swan Song (2021)

spacetime coordinates: near future Canada

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Swan Song is a 2021 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Benjamin Cleary and produced by Mahershala Ali, Rebecca Bourke and Jonathan King. Set in the near future, Ali portrays a husband and father who is diagnosed with terminal illness but is given a new solution: to replace himself with a clone. The film also stars Naomie HarrisAwkwafinaGlenn Close and Adam Beach. (wiki)

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2010 – Antlers (2021)

spacetime coordinates: 2018 small town in central Oregon

Antlers is a 2021 US-Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Scott Cooper, and stars Keri RussellJesse Plemons and Jeremy T. Thomas,. The screenplay, written by C. Henry Chaisson, Nick Antosca, and Cooper, was adapted from Antosca’s short story “The Quiet Boy,” originally published in Guernica magazine in January 2019. (wiki)

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1967 – The Night House (2020)

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The Night House is a 2020 psychological horror film directed by David Bruckner. It stars Rebecca Hall as a widow who discovers a dark secret about the house her late husband built. Sarah GoldbergEvan JonigkeitStacy Martin, and Vondie Curtis-Hall also star. (wiki)

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1959 – Dante’s Peak (1997)

spacetime coordinates: 1990’s Dante’s Peak, Washington

Dante’s Peak is a 1997 American disaster thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson starring Pierce BrosnanLinda Hamilton, and Charles Hallahan.

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The film is set in the fictional town of Dante’s Peak where the inhabitants fight to survive a volcanic eruption from a long dormant stratovolcano that has suddenly woken up. Despite mostly negative reviews, it was a box office success and has since gained a cult following among disaster film aficionados. (wiki)

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1953 – Tracker (2010)

spacetime coordinates: 1903 around Auckland in the British colony of New Zealand

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Tracker is a 2010 British–New Zealand action-thriller film directed by Ian Sharp and starring Ray Winstone as a renowned Afrikaner commando leader of the Second Boer War and a master tracker & Temuera Morrison as a Maori harpooner on a whaling ship. (wiki)

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