Mid-Century

Mid-Century is a 2022 American horror thriller film directed by Sonja O'Hara and written and produced by Mike Stern.

The film stars Bruce Dern, Stephen Lang and Shane West, with the latter two also serving as executive producers.

She and her architect husband Tom go on a weekend getaway to San Diego and rent a mid-century modern home, the same that was built by Frederick, from a mysterious man named Eldridge.

While there, strange events occur including a bird crashing into the window, doors opening by themselves, and a shadowy figure watching the couple while they have sex.

After finding the receipt for the order in his pocket, officer Raquel and her partner interrogate her, inquiring if Tom had anything to do with the murder.

The book reveals that Frederick lost his first wife Alice and later remarried Joanne Waxen, and that he was also interested in polygamy and the occult with a painter named Emil Larson.

The two discover a recording of Frederick and Emil discussing a prophesied blood "wolf" moon in which a woman can be impregnated with a spirit.

[6] In a mixed review, Robert Kojder for Flickering Myth highlighted the film's supernatural elements present in the third act, but says it "drop[s] the ball on various themes of sexism and gender.