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Blood River

2009 · 104 min

A slow, suffocating descent into guilt and dread, with a stranger who turns a deserted town into a moral trap.

Overview: A psychological thriller following a successful young married couple on their way to visit family. After a blowout on a desolate stretch of highway in Nevada, they head to the next town only to discover it long abandoned. Here they meet a mysterious stranger who seems to know decidedly more than he is sharing.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Guilt, morality, faith, isolation
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 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: guilt
morality
faith
isolation
betrayal
Places: countryside
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: Adam Mason
Written by: Adam Mason, Simon Boyes
Starring: Andrew Howard, Tess Panzer, Ian Duncan, Sarah Essex, Dillon Borowski, Athene Noelle
Cinematography: Stuart Brereton
Runtime: 104 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English