TV series

Born to Kill

2017 · 1 season

A quietly unsettling psychological study that keeps you tense and uneasy, watching a seemingly normal teenager's hidden darkness surface.

Overview: A haunting exploration of the mind of Sam, a teenager who's on the verge of acting out hidden psychopathic desires.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, obsession, family, isolation
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: identity
obsession
family
isolation
morality
Places: small town
home
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild