1997 · horror · thriller
Funny Games (1997)
Directed by Michael Haneke1h 49m1997
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Our read: Funny Games (1997) (1997) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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