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Nightwatch

1994 · 107 min

A clammy, slow-creeping dread settles in as sterile corridors and dark errands turn ordinary night shifts into something deeply wrong.

Directed by
Ole Bornedal
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Starring
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sofie Gråbøl, Kim Bodnia
Tagline
They are looking for a night watchman. Martin is not afraid of the dark but he just has one problem... he got the job!
Overview
Martin, a law student, takes up a job as a nightwatchman at a mortuary to fund his studies. But the mortuary harbours a dark secret, and he has to find the truth before he is implicated in a serial murder case.

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Directed by
Ole Bornedal
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Starring
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sofie Gråbøl, Kim Bodnia
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • obsession
  • deception
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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