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Mandrake

2010 · 89 min

A cheap, sweaty jungle creature-feature that plays like late-night cable filler: silly, gory and quickly forgettable.

Directed by
Tripp Reed
Genres
Horror, Tv movie
Starring
Max Martini, Betsy Russell, Benito Martinez
Tagline
The root of all evil
Overview
An expedition led by adventurer Darren McCall and funded by the wealthy Harry Vargas braves the impenetrable jungle to retrieve a fabled bejeweled dagger from an ancient burial ground. But pulling the dagger from its rightful resting place awakens the long-dormant plant creature - part plant, part animal, and all bloodthirsty -- and sends it on a feeding frenzy from which there seems scant hope of survival or escape...

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Directed by
Tripp Reed
Genres
Horror, Tv movie
Starring
Max Martini, Betsy Russell, Benito Martinez
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • greed
  • violence
  • exploration
  • death
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror6
Humour2
Realism5
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
horror, tv movie
Directed by
Tripp Reed
Written by
David Ray
Starring
Max Martini, Betsy Russell, Benito Martinez, Jon Mack, Nick Gomez, Wayne Péré, Freddie Joe Farnsworth, Alex Livinalli
Cinematography
Ken Blakey
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Polish, English

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