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2014 · horror · thriller · survival

13 Sins

Directed by Daniel Stamm1h 33m2014

Drowning in debt as he's about to get married, a bright but meek salesman receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden-camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.

Our read: 13 Sins (2014) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive horror · thriller · survival entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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Heavy, breathless, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb6.342kRT65%Metacritic44
  • heavy
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • bleak
  • cold
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DNA · twelve axes

How 13 Sins feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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What watching it is actually like.

“You want a nasty escalation game that keeps daring the protagonist onward.”

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Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencegoreanimal harmjump scares

Skip it tonight — You hate cruel set pieces or moral-collapse thrillers before bed.

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