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As the average age of the population continues to rise—and the future looks increasingly dangerous for all age groups—more and more films are addressing senility, dementia, elder abuse, and other themes that until recently were rarely portrayed on screen. This includes the horror genre, which has typically focused on terrifying young teenagers. Joining recent films like "The Taking of Deborah Logan," "The Manor," and "The Rule of Jenny Pen" is "The Home," a Swedish-language thriller in which a stroke victim moves into a care facility. But it's not the only one, as, sadly, the few moments she spent clinically "dead" allowed an evil spirit to return to her from "the other side." This SXSW premiere, "Midnighter," is likely to attract remake offers, though the intense scares and violence they're likely to add would only dilute what makes Mattias J. Skoglund's second film so effective. Its eerily quiet approac...