Dystopian horror movies don’t come out very often, especially ones where the anti-utopia actually takes place in an alternate version of the past instead of the future. This is just one of the elements that make The Antenna, the 2019 feature debut of Turkish director Orçun Behram, so intriguing and effective. The film didn’t receive a lot of attention at the time of its release, despite its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, where it was unfortunately not featured in the Midnight Madness section and simply got lost in the extensive program. Several years later, both the film’s style and its major themes seem more relevant than ever.
