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The Watcher in the Attic

1976 · 76 min

A claustrophobic, erotic descent into madness, watching obsession and murder unfold with unsettling intimacy.

Overview
When a tenant from a shabby 1920s boarding house secretly witnesses the landlady perform a truly heinous act, he is overcome with desire for her and begins plotting to kill a fellow tenant to demonstrate his love.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • obsession
  • madness
  • death
  • isolation
  • sexuality
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
romance, thriller, horror
Directed by
Noboru Tanaka
Written by
Akio Ido
Starring
Junko Miyashita, Renji Ishibashi, Tokuko Watanabe, Shirō Yumemura, Aoi Nakajima, Hiroshi Chō, Toshihiko Oda, Kōji Yashiro
Music
Jirô Tateshina
Cinematography
Masaru Mori
Runtime
76 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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