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Spontaneous Combustion

1989 · 97 min

A sweaty, paranoid B-movie that smoulders with body-horror dread and bursts into fiery chaos whenever tempers flare.

Directed by
Tobe Hooper
Genres
Horror, Science fiction
Tagline
The Cleanest Kill on Earth.
Overview
A young man learns that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before his birth, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.

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Directed by
Tobe Hooper
Genres
Horror, Science fiction
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • conspiracy
  • corruption
  • power
  • identity
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror6
Humour2
Realism4
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
horror, science fiction
Directed by
Tobe Hooper
Written by
Howard Goldberg, Tobe Hooper
Starring
Brad Dourif, Cynthia Bain, Jon Cypher, William Prince, Melinda Dillon, Dey Young, Tegan West, Michael Keys Hall
Music
Graeme Revell
Cinematography
Levie Isaacks
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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