Movie

Dragon Head

2003 · 122 min

A grim, disorienting survival story that traps you in its eerie silence and slowly tightens its grip.

Overview: Teru Aoki (青木輝) is on a train to Tokyo after a school trip. A disaster occurs which partially destroys the train and blocks a tunnel. When Teru awakes, he finds all his classmates and teachers are dead.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, isolation, trauma, death
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Full breakdown

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: survival
isolation
trauma
death
mystery
Places: single country house
wilderness
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild