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Side Effect

Side Effect

Confide in Me

20205.81h 33m

Overview

A traumatic experience leads to a break-up between a young married couple. In a desperate attempt to save their marriage, Andrey, the husband, seeks help from a psychic named Mara. His only wish is to make his wife Olga forget the past. Mara's magic works, but the second honeymoon soon turns into a living nightmare... Andrey gradually recognizes that he is dealing with a powerful evil that possesses his wife, and the price of the psychic's service is Olga’s life.

Directed by Alexey Kazakov
Written by Alexey Kazakov, Evgeniy Abyzov
Produced by Alexey Kazakov, Sophia Mitrofanova, Sergey Kornikhin
Box Office0Revenue: $1.5M

Top Cast

Semen Serzin

Semen Serzin

Andrey

Marina Vasilyeva

Marina Vasilyeva

Olya

Aleksandra Revenko

Aleksandra Revenko

Witch/Mara

Anatoli Zhuravlyov

Anatoli Zhuravlyov

Old Man

Mariya Abramova

Mariya Abramova

Little Mara

Mariya Karpova

Mariya Karpova

Nina

Stepan Devonin

Stepan Devonin

Kirill

Sergey Cherdantsev

Sergey Cherdantsev

Burglar

D

Dmitry Belysh

Burglar 2

A

Alexander Firsanov

Burglar 3

Themes & Keywords

robberyrapetransformationsupernaturalhallucinationtime travelbaptismpastlife extensionthiefsingermemory lossburglaryfearchurchguiltpsychedelicfolk horrormushroomsside effectsloss of childbad witchsecret roomvisionsmemory manipulationdanger

About Side Effect

Side Effect is a horror, thriller film released in 2020 exploring themes of robbery, rape, transformation, supernatural, hallucination, time travel. Directed by Alexey Kazakov, it stars Semen Serzin, Marina Vasilyeva, Aleksandra Revenko. A traumatic experience leads to a break-up between a young married couple. In a desperate attempt to save their marriage, Andrey, the husband, seeks help from a psychic named Mara. His only wish is to make his wife Olga forget the past. Mara's magic works, but the second honeymoon soon turns into a living nightmare... Andrey gradually recognizes that he is dealing with a powerful evil that possesses his wife, and the price of the psychic's service is Olga’s life.

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