Movie

Piercing

2019 · 82 min

A stylish, unsettling cat-and-mouse game that keeps you tense and guessing, with dark humor and surreal touches.

Tagline: Practice doesn't always make perfect.
Overview: After kissing his wife and baby goodbye for a seemingly normal business trip, Reed checks himself into a hotel room to accomplish something he’s always dreamed of: the perfect murder. As his sinister plans unfold, he soon realizes he might be in over his head with a mysteriously unhinged call girl named Jackie.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and absurd. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, madness, identity, betrayal
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
madness
identity
betrayal
violence
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong