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Matalo! (Kill Him)

1970 · 100 min

A near-silent, hypnotic descent into a haunted ghost town where dread and strangeness hang over every sparse, deliberate moment.

Overview: A gang of cattle thieves rescue a criminal from the gallows, and later rob a stagecoach loaded with gold. When they get the loot, he is betrayed and left dying in the middle of the desert. In the escape they reach a mysterious ghost town, where they perceive there is something strange about ...
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and bleak. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Greed, betrayal, isolation, violence
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: greed
betrayal
isolation
violence
death
Places: wilderness
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild