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Pop Culture Happy Hour
‘Clayface’ puts a glaze on body horror
Clayface
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Tom Rhys Harries in Clayface.
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Clayfacebrings R-rated body-horror to this origin story of a Batman villain. The film stars Tom Rhys Harries as an actor whose dream life crumbles after an encounter with a mob boss leaves him disfigured. Desperate for a solution, he receives a revolutionary procedure involving nanotechnology powered by AI. What could go wrong? Director James Watkins goes hard on the horror elements, but is the DC Universe big enough to go beyond superhero fare, and take a walk on the creepy, crawly side?
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