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Sleep Tight

2011 · 101 min

A quietly suffocating, skin-crawling watch that turns ordinary domestic spaces into a trap of creeping dread.

Directed by: Jaume Balagueró
Genres: Thriller, Horror
Starring: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan

Tagline: Someone is watching over you
Overview: César, an unhappy concierge, maintains a peculiar relationship with the very diverse inhabitants of the upper-class apartment building where he works in Barcelona.

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Directed by: Jaume Balagueró
Genres: Thriller, Horror
Starring: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: obsession
isolation
loneliness
deception
power
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	9
Darkness	9
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: thriller, horror
Directed by: Jaume Balagueró
Written by: Alberto Marini
Starring: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan, Petra Martínez, Iris Almeida Molina, Carlos Lasarte, Amparo Fernández, Roger Morilla
Music: Lucas Vidal
Cinematography: Pablo Rosso
Runtime: 101 min
Country: Spain, Mexico
Languages: Spanish

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