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The upcoming sci-fi thriller Await Further Instructions just released its trailer, and things are not looking good for this family. The A.V. Club saw the film at the Cinepocalypse Film Festival and called it “a dark little parable” with a “wild ending”—something for fans of The Twilight Zone’s bleaker episodes.

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