Movie

Web of the Spider

1971 · 102 min

A slow, gothic creep through candlelit halls where the dead reenact their sins, unsettling and dreamlike.

Tagline: Based on Edgar Allan Poe's "Night of the Living Dead"
Overview: Alan Foster, a professional American journalist, travels to London to meet with Edgar Allan Poe for an interview. While in London, Alan soon finds himself in the company of Lord Blackwood, and Alan accepts a bet to spend a night in his castle
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and campy. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Death, madness, obsession, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
madness
obsession
betrayal
isolation
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild