Movie

Matango

1963 · 89 min

A clammy, creeping descent into hunger and hallucination, with a desolate island mood that lingers like damp rot.

Tagline: Can you survive the madness and terror of Matango?
Overview: Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing Kessei's yacht. Eventually they struggle over the food rations which were left behind by the former crew. Soon they discover something unfriendly there...
How it feels: Dark, bleak, eerie and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Madness, greed, isolation, survival
Content: Mild violence, gore and sexual content. No swearing.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 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: madness
greed
isolation
survival
corruption
Places: sea
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild