Movie

Chained

2012 · 94 min

A suffocating, grim descent into captivity and corruption that leaves you uneasy and hollow long after it ends.

Overview: A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Trauma, isolation, obsession, betrayal
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: trauma
isolation
obsession
betrayal
morality
Places: single country house
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong