Nickels 2026 Review: The Dead Don't Always Stay Buried
The Past Has Terrible Timing Thirty years. One motorcycle crash. And a man who never quite escaped the first tragedy. Nickels takes a familiar supernatural premise and digs into something far more uncomfortable: what happens when grief becomes the only explanation a person can accept? Directed by Spencer King and written by Tim Tuchrello, the drama follows Tom Monroe, a successful entrepreneur haunted by his brother's death. When his neighbor's son suffers a motorcycle accident, Tom begins to suspect his brother's spirit has returned. I like the ugliness of that uncertainty. It makes his belief feel less like a spiritual awakening and more like an old wound splitting open. The real question isn't whether the dead can return. It's whether Tom can live without needing them to. A Director Caught Between Faith and Fear Here's the tricky part. A story like this can easily become a ghost story pretending to be a serious examination of grief. Push the supernatural t...