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Muse

2017 · 107 min

A brooding, dreamlike descent into ritual and obsession, blending grief with creeping supernatural dread.

Directed by
Jaume Balagueró
Genres
Thriller, Horror
Starring
Elliot Cowan, Franka Potente, Ana Ularu
Overview
Samuel Salomon, a literature professor, has been off work for almost a year after the tragic death of his girlfriend. Samuel has been suffering from a recurring nightmare in which a woman is brutally murdered in a strange ritual. Suddenly, the same woman who appears every night in his dreams is found dead in exactly the same circumstances. Samuel sneaks into the crime scene and there he meets Rachel who has also dreamed about the murder. Together, they will do whatever they can to discover the identity of the mystery woman, entering a terrifying world controlled by the figures who have inspired artists throughout time: the Muses.

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Directed by
Jaume Balagueró
Genres
Thriller, Horror
Starring
Elliot Cowan, Franka Potente, Ana Ularu
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • obsession
  • mystery
  • death
  • art
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism5
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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