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Triloquist

2008 · 90 min

A sleazy, mean-spirited road trip into madness, mixing crude shocks with a grimly absurd killer-dummy premise that leaves a nasty aftertaste.

Overview: In 1993, in Hollywood, California, a decadent ventriloquist overdoses and dies, leaving her two children to be sent to a foster house with their dummy. Their lives become a nightmare of abuse and murder, to be avenged by a wrathful dummy.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, absurd and campy. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Madness, trauma, violence, family
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 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: madness
trauma
violence
family
isolation
Places: road trip
big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong