![]() ![]() Meade because he can shut her down with a single word. ![]() It all leads to Jenn digging into past crimes involving accusations against a rogue hypnotherapist, a trustworthy detective who’s sort of half on the case (played by Psych‘s Dule Hill), and the realization that she’s now powerless against Dr. ![]() Jenn finds herself having weird dreams and then actually losing time. Just coming off like a movie that was written decades ago - especially in the ’90s when there were a ton of psychological thrillers where someone seemingly normal in a person’s life was a psycho (The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Pacific Heights, Single White Female, etc.) - gives this one a toothless timestamp. Just the premise alone - an evil hypnotist - feels excessively yesteryear, when fewer people would have known the broad basics of hypnosis, and turning that particular therapeutic practice into something menacing would feel more subversive and fresh. ![]() Siegel, a stalwart member of Mike Flanagan’s “Flanagang,” impressively elevates a lot of this film, but ultimately can’t save it from feeling like an outdated, bare-minimum thriller designed to take up space in a sea of streaming fare. Midnight Mass’ Kate Siegel stars in Netflix’s new chiller, Hypnotic, about a woman who falls victim to a conniving, cruel therapist and his post-hypnotism triggers. ![]()
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