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Breeder

2020 · 107 min

A grim, claustrophobic descent into corporate cruelty and bodily horror, watching a woman fight to survive a nightmare of torture and experimentation.

Directed by
Jens Dahl
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Tagline
Unnatural selection
Overview
A renowned health supplement company, run by a ruthless businesswoman, is selecting and abducting young women as part of an experiment bio-hacking babies’ DNA to enable her clients to reverse the aging process. When Mia goes to investigate, she finds herself trapped, branded and tortured in a grim underground facility. Familiar faces start to appear, and she realises that she is not alone in this. Can she somehow find inner strength and escape from the nightmare?

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Directed by
Jens Dahl
Genres
Horror, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • corruption
  • violence
  • isolation
  • power
Places
  • workplace
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
horror, thriller
Directed by
Jens Dahl
Written by
Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen
Starring
Sara Hjort Ditlevsen, Anders Heinrichsen, Signe Egholm Olsen, Morten Holst, Jens Andersen, Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Eeva Putro, Oksana Kniazeva
Music
Peter Kyed, Peter Peter
Cinematography
Nicolai Lok
Runtime
107 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish, Swedish

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