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Julie Darling

1983 · 90 min

A slow, unsettling study of a disturbed teenager's lethal fixation, watching affection curdle into cold calculation.

Tagline
She's sweet, sixteen, and she simply loves her daddy..... she'll slaughter you if you love him too.
Overview
A teenage girl whose inaction caused her mother's death arranges a similarly gruesome fate for her stepmother and brother.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • obsession
  • family
  • betrayal
  • death
  • madness
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, horror, thriller
Directed by
Paul Nicholas
Written by
Paul Nicholas, Maurice Smith
Starring
Anthony Franciosa, Sybil Danning, Isabelle Mejias, Paul Hubbard, Cindy Girling, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Michael Tregor, Natascha Rybakowski
Music
Joachim Ludwig
Cinematography
Miklós Lente
Runtime
90 min
Country
Germany, Canada
Languages
English

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