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The Incite Mill

2010 · 107 min

A claustrophobic, paranoid death game that keeps you tense and suspicious, with little relief.

Directed by: Hideo Nakata
Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Haruka Ayase, Satomi Ishihara

Overview: Drawn by the exorbitantly high hourly wage of 112,000 Japanese yen, ten men and women gather at a mansion. Everyone thinks the simple psychology experiment will get them some quick cash... until one of them winds up dead. The participants are overcome with frenzied suspicion. Various deadly weapons are left in their rooms and they are killed off one by one.

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Directed by: Hideo Nakata
Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Haruka Ayase, Satomi Ishihara

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
greed
betrayal
violence
isolation
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, horror, thriller, mystery
Directed by: Hideo Nakata
Written by: Satoshi Suzuki
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Haruka Ayase, Satomi Ishihara, Tsuyoshi Abe, Aya Hirayama, Shinji Takeda, Nagisa Katahira, Kinya Kitaoji
Music: Kenji Kawai
Cinematography: Junichiro Hayashi
Runtime: 107 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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