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It Comes In Familiar Skin

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Reads 93
Votes 3
Parts 13
Time 29m

Genre: Horror | Psychological Thriller | Folklore | Supernatural

When Asha returns to her childhood home in coastal Tanzania, she brings with her memories, grief-and something else that followed in the rain.

It starts with whispers. A knock without knocking. Her daughter speaking in a voice too perfect to be real. The villagers call it Kivuli-a shadow spirit that mimics your loved ones, wears their faces, and waits to be welcomed inside.

As the lines between love and fear begin to blur, Asha must unearth the forgotten rituals of her grandmother before the thing that looks like family takes her child... and then her.

Because Kivuli doesn't come to frighten you.
It comes to replace you.

A slow-burn psychological horror rooted in East African folklore-where memory is dangerous, love is the doorway, and shadows remember.All Rights Reserved

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