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Amulet

2020 · 99 min

A slow, oppressive descent into guilt and body horror, where tenderness and dread intertwine in a decaying house.

Directed by
Romola Garai
Genres
Horror
Tagline
Have faith in fear
Overview
Tomaz, an ex-soldier now homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house, inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for Magda, Tomaz cannot ignore his suspicion that something insidious might also be living alongside them.

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Directed by
Romola Garai
Genres
Horror
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • redemption
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
horror
Directed by
Romola Garai
Written by
Romola Garai
Starring
Carla Juri, Alec Secăreanu, Imelda Staunton, Angeliki Papoulia, Anah Ruddin, Paul O'Kelly, Elowen Harris, Jacqueline Roberts
Music
Sarah Angliss
Cinematography
Laura Bellingham
Runtime
99 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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