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Killer Shrimps

2004 · 80 min

A disorienting meta-horror that blurs documentary and hallucination, leaving you unsettled and amused by its chaotic gore.

Directed by
Piero Golia
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Starring
Ashley Cahill, Vanessa Viola, Nikki Lee Fauble
Overview
Poolside at a ranch-style house in the canyons of Los Angeles, two filmmakers and their crew are filming a documentary about a young director. An interesting exploration into the ambitions and expectations of a rising star. Going back and forth in between different realities and possible futures, the arrival of a peculiar food delivery will open their experience to an alternative world populated with hallucinations. This sets the stage for the mother of all gorefests, as the two directors and their crew end up as characters in the eternal battle against evil creatures.

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Directed by
Piero Golia
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Starring
Ashley Cahill, Vanessa Viola, Nikki Lee Fauble
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • madness
  • art
  • survival
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror6
Humour4
Realism3
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight4

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Genres
horror, thriller
Directed by
Piero Golia
Written by
Adriano D'Angio, Adriano D'Angio, Piero Golia
Starring
Ashley Cahill, Vanessa Viola, Nikki Lee Fauble, Stephen Brailo, Melissa Baldridge, Chris Del Rio, Craig J McIntyre, Justin Sandler
Runtime
80 min
Country
Switzerland

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