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The Relic

1997 · 110 min

A tense, dark creature feature that traps you in a museum with a monster, mixing jump scares and gore with a brisk investigative pace.

Tagline
They did the unthinkable. They brought it back.
Overview
A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • science
  • mystery
  • violence
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror8
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
horror, mystery, thriller, science fiction
Directed by
Peter Hyams
Written by
Amy Holden Jones, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, John Raffo
Starring
Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, James Whitmore, Clayton Rohner, Chi Muoi Lo, Thomas Ryan, Robert Lesser
Music
John Debney
Cinematography
Peter Hyams
Runtime
110 min
Country
Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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