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Dog Lay Afternoon

1976 · 75 min

A grim, unsettling descent into trauma and taboo, paced slowly and offering little relief.

Directed by
Peter Skerl
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Overview
A young girl witnesses her mother having sex with the family dog. When her father finds out, he burns the dog alive. She is so traumatized by these incidents that she later turns into a nymphomaniac. She moves to an island and lives there with her own dog, having sex with various guests who visit her.

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Directed by
Peter Skerl
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 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
  • sexuality
  • isolation
  • madness
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror7
Humour0
Realism6
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness9
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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