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Nightwatch

1997 · 102 min

A sweaty, queasy creep through empty corridors and bad thoughts, keeping you uneasy and second-guessing what you just saw.

Directed by: Ole Bornedal
Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin

Overview: A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.

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Directed by: Ole Bornedal
Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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
obsession
isolation
deception
death
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	4
Horror	7
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	4
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, horror, thriller
Directed by: Ole Bornedal
Written by: Ole Bornedal, Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin, Lauren Graham, Nick Nolte, Brad Dourif, Alix Koromzay, Lonny Chapman
Music: Joachim Holbek, Gary Clark
Cinematography: Dan Laustsen
Runtime: 102 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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