Movie

The Tell-Tale Heart

2016 · 81 min

A sweaty, claustrophobic descent into guilt and hallucination, with a creeping dread that tightens around you.

Overview: A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Guilt, madness, obsession, death
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: guilt
madness
obsession
death
isolation
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild