Movie

Kiss Me Deadly

1955 · 106 min

A sweaty, paranoid noir that starts with a scream and ends in a blinding flash, dragging you through a maze of brutality and dread.

Tagline: Blood red kisses! White hot thrills! Mickey Spillane’s latest H-bomb!
Overview: One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and eerie. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, corruption, violence, mystery
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
corruption
violence
mystery
betrayal
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild