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The Locusts

1997 · 124 min

A slow, suffocating descent into buried secrets and cruelty, where every kindness is shadowed by dread and the past poisons everything.

Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
Every betrayal begins with trust.
Overview
Delilah Potts has always had her choice of men to work her ranch and fill her bed. But from the moment Clay Hewitt, a handsome drifter with a mysterious past, arrives at her door, Delilah knows that her life will never be the same. And when he spurns her affections, she unleashes a torrent of forbidden passions and deadly secrets that will prove to Clay that the only thing darker and more dangerous than the past he's escaping... is the one he's about to discover.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • betrayal
  • trauma
  • guilt
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism7
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
John Patrick Kelley
Written by
John Patrick Kelley
Starring
Kate Capshaw, Vince Vaughn, Jeremy Davies, Ashley Judd, Paul Rudd, Daniel Meyer, Jessica Capshaw, Jessica Robertson
Music
Carter Burwell
Cinematography
Phedon Papamichael
Runtime
124 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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