1997 · horror · thriller · crime
Cure (1997)
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa1h 51m1997
A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
Our read: Cure (1997) (1997) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, surreal horror · thriller · crime entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, extreme horror / thriller, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- extreme
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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