Movie

The Ogre

1988 · 94 min

A slow, uneasy slide into a child's nightmare made real, with a creeping sense of dread in a sunlit foreign villa.

Tagline: When childhood dreams become adult nightmares fear turns into reality!
Overview: An American horror writer, haunted by childhood nightmares, moves to an old mansion in Italy with her husband and young son only to discover the nightmares were real.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Trauma, fate, isolation, family
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
fate
isolation
family
madness
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild