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Surveillance

2008 · 97 min

A queasy, puzzle-box thriller that keeps you off-balance as shifting stories curdle into something vicious and bleak.

Directed by
Jennifer Lynch
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Overview
An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.

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Directed by
Jennifer Lynch
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • violence
  • crime
  • madness
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror7
Humour3
Realism7
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Genres
horror, thriller, mystery
Directed by
Jennifer Lynch
Written by
Jennifer Lynch, Kent Harper
Starring
Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James, Ryan Simpkins, Cheri Oteri, Michael Ironside, French Stewart, Kent Harper
Music
Todd Bryanton
Cinematography
Peter Wunstorf
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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