Movie

Dread

2009 · 108 min

A grim, unsettling descent into obsession and cruelty that lingers uncomfortably long after the credits roll.

Tagline: Your Time Will Come.
Overview: Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out to secretly be a sadistic psychopath who uses this knowledge to gruesomely torture the subjects.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, fate, trauma, madness
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
fate
trauma
madness
violence
Places: school
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong