Movie

The Imp

1981 · 95 min

A slow-creeping dread seeps through a mundane workplace as paranoia and supernatural menace close in, building to a shocking, grim climax.

Overview: Keung has a pregnant wife but he has been unemployed for a long period. One day he gets a new job as a security guard in a commercial building. But strange incidents start happening and his colleagues die in horrible ways one by one. A geomancer tells Keung that he will be the next victim and teaches him how to avoid his fate. But Keung begins to notice his wife's strange behaviour...
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Fate, isolation, parenthood, death
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 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: fate
isolation
parenthood
death
madness
Places: workplace
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild