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Hen

2025 · 108 min

A slow, oppressive dread settles in as a remote farm becomes a pressure cooker of guilt and creeping supernatural menace.

Directed by
Nico Scheepers
Genres
Horror
Overview
After a gruesome massacre, Dawid discovers a feral boy hidden in a chest on an isolated farm. Driven by duty, Dawid and his wife, Hanna, take the boy in. But Lukas is not an ordinary child. Though innocent, he carries an inexplicable curse.
How it feels
Dark, bleak, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Isolation, family, guilt, survival
Content
Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
Note
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Directed by
Nico Scheepers
Genres
Horror
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Nico Scheepers
Written by
Nico Scheepers
Starring
Dawian van der Westhuizen, Amalia Uys, Stian Bam, Marelize Viljoen, Anoecha Kruger
Runtime
108 min
Country
South Africa
Languages
Afrikaans

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