Movie

Death Name

2026 · 82 min

A slow-creeping dread settles in as family history and old superstition blur into something quietly threatening.

Overview: A young Korean American woman yearns to learn more about her heritage, not knowing the further she digs, the more she reawakens a deadly family curse.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, family, fate, death
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
family
fate
death
memory
Places: home
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none