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Deathwatch

2002 · 94 min

A claustrophobic, mud-soaked descent into madness where the real horror is what war does to men.

Directed by
MJ Bassett
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Tagline
Deliver them from evil.
Overview
In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon, however, strange things being to happen as a sense of evil descends on the trench and the British begin turn on each other.

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Directed by
MJ Bassett
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • madness
  • death
  • survival
  • guilt
Places
  • military
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror8
Humour1
Realism6
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, horror, thriller, war
Directed by
MJ Bassett
Written by
MJ Bassett
Starring
Jamie Bell, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Mike Downey, Laurence Fox, Roman Horák, Dean Lennox Kelly, Torben Liebrecht, Kris Marshall
Cinematography
Hubert Taczanowski
Runtime
94 min
Country
Germany, United Kingdom
Languages
German, French, Polish, English

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