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The Revenant

2009 · 117 min

A gory, funny buddy movie that lurches from slapstick to bleak with a scrappy, anything-goes energy.

Tagline: What could be worse than having your best friend die?
Overview: A horror movie/buddy comedy about Joey and his undead friend Bart who comes back from the dead as a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.
How it feels: Dark, absurd, campy and cynical. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Friendship, death, violence, loyalty
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
death
violence
loyalty
betrayal
Places: big city
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild