Movie

The Corpse Washer

2024 · 107 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into ritual and bodily dread, where grief curdles into something quietly monstrous.

Overview: Lela, a mortician, finds something odd about the body of her mother who died suddenly. Trapped in sacred tension and a tense horror journey, Lela discovers another oddity in the body of the corpse she was bathing.
How it feels: Tense, eerie, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, death, isolation, identity
Content: Strong gore. Mild violence and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 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: grief
death
isolation
identity
family
Places: home
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none