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And our film review this week. Our film review is Imaginary.

Imaginary was released in 2024. It has 4.9 out of 10 on IMDb and 28% on Rotten Tomatoes.

From Bloom House the genre-defying masterminds behind Five Nights at Freddy's and Megan comes an original horror

that taps into the innocence of imaginary friends and begs the question, are they really

figments of childhood imagination or is something more terrifying lying just beneath?

When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey that she finds in the basement.

Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playfully and become increasingly sinister. As Alice's behavior becomes

more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize that Chauncey is much more than the

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