Affliction
Like father like son...?
CrimeDramaMysteryThrillersmall townbased on novel or bookwinterabusive fatherhalloweennew hampshirehunting accidentalcoholismsnowdomestic violencedeer huntingfather son relationship
A bleak psychological descent into trauma and inherited violence, where a small-town cop's investigation of a hunting accident becomes a mirror for his own fractured psyche and abusive family legacy.
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
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