Movie

Scorpion with Two Tails

1982 · 94 min

A slow, dreamlike descent into dread, mixing ancient tomb imagery with a murky murder mystery that keeps you uneasy and guessing.

Overview: An archeologist's wife has recurring nightmares about ritual killings in an Etruscan tomb while her husband is away excavating a lost temple. After a phone call where she is forced to listen to him being murdered, she travels to the excavation site to solve the mystery of his death.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, death, grief, obsession
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
death
grief
obsession
deception
Places: countryside
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild