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Slaughter Island

2008 · 65 min

A short, nasty island slasher that keeps you tense with its eerie setting and sudden bursts of violence.

Directed by
Hisaaki Nagaoka
Genres
Horror
Starring
Tôru Amemiya, Yûka Rikuna, Sayori Shiozaki
Tagline
Something is waiting
Overview
A group of ten children travel to an uninhabited island that many believe to be plagued by an ancient curse. They should have listened... One by one, they are butchered- stalked by something that could be human... but as the mystery unravels, signs show that the killer be something much more sinister. A shocking twist concludes this tale of terror.

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Directed by
Hisaaki Nagaoka
Genres
Horror
Starring
Tôru Amemiya, Yûka Rikuna, Sayori Shiozaki
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • death
  • isolation
  • mystery
  • violence
Places
  • wilderness
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror8
Humour1
Realism5
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Hisaaki Nagaoka
Starring
Tôru Amemiya, Yûka Rikuna, Sayori Shiozaki, Midori Tahara, Ryosuke Watabe
Runtime
65 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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