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The Wizard of Gore

2007 · 94 min

A grimy, hypnotic descent into carnival noir where gruesome stage illusions blur with real death, leaving you unsettled and complicit.

Directed by
Jeremy Kasten
Genres
Mystery, Horror
Starring
Kip Pardue, Bijou Phillips, Crispin Glover
Tagline
What are you afraid of?
Overview
In the darkly phantasmagorical world of the carnival magician and sideshow hypnotist, the gruesome "illusions" of Montag the Magnificent are unique in that they seem to become retroactive reality long after the the tricks are done. Is it coincidence, or circumstantial evidence of the world's most diabolically ingenious murders? When an underground journalist begins to investigate the strange deaths, the truth proves to be far more bizarre and disturbing than anything he or his readers might have imagined.

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Directed by
Jeremy Kasten
Genres
Mystery, Horror
Starring
Kip Pardue, Bijou Phillips, Crispin Glover
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • deception
  • death
  • identity
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour3
Realism4
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
mystery, horror
Directed by
Jeremy Kasten
Written by
Zach Chassler
Starring
Kip Pardue, Bijou Phillips, Crispin Glover, Jeffrey Combs, Brad Dourif, Joshua John Miller, Garz Chan, Shannon Hart Cleary
Music
Steve Porcaro
Cinematography
Christopher Duddy
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Russian

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