Movie

The Hearse

1980 · 99 min

A slow, uneasy drift into small-town dread, all creaking rooms, unfriendly stares and a black car that keeps returning.

Tagline: The Barrier Between Life and Death is no Greater than the Thickness of a Door...and now that Door is Open!
Overview: A schoolteacher moves into her deceased aunt’s house in a small Californian town, and is harassed by unfriendly locals and a mysterious hearse.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, fate, faith, obsession
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: isolation
fate
faith
obsession
trauma
Places: small town
single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild