2007 · crime · thriller · slasher
Anamorph
Directed by Henry Miller1h 47m2007
A detective must solve the case of a serial killer who enacts anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective, only with human bodies.
Our read: Anamorph (2007) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive crime · thriller · slasher entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme crime / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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“You want a moody Willem Dafoe serial-killer puzzle obsessed with art and perspective.”
Skip it tonight — You need tight plotting—this cerebral thriller wanders and ends bleakly.
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