Movie

Spiderhead

2022 · 107 min

A sleek, unsettling dive into manipulated emotions, blending glossy sci-fi with creeping psychological dread and darkly absurd humor.

Tagline: How far would you go to fix human nature?
Overview: A prisoner in a state-of-the-art penitentiary begins to question the purpose of the emotion-controlling drugs he's testing for a pharmaceutical genius.
How it feels: Dark, tense, satirical and eerie. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, obsession, isolation, guilt
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
isolation
guilt
morality
Places: prison
hospital
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong