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Devil's Peak

2023 · 98 min

A grim, slow-burning descent into a rural crime world, heavy with doomed choices and a suffocating sense of place.

Overview: In North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains, eighteen-year-old Jacob McNeely is torn between appeasing his meth-dealing kingpin father and leaving the mountains forever with the girl he loves.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Crime, family, isolation, coming-of-age
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: crime
family
isolation
coming-of-age
survival
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild