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Killing Ground (2017) poster

2017 · mystery · thriller · horror

Killing Ground

Directed by Damien Power1h 28m2017

A couple's camping trip turns into a frightening ordeal when they stumble across the scene of a horrific crime.

Our read: Killing Ground (2017) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive mystery · thriller · horror entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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Heavy, steady, extreme mystery / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb5.810kRT73%Metacritic59
  • heavy
  • extreme
  • bleak
  • cold
  • intimate
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DNA · twelve axes

How Killing Ground 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 brutal, realistic Australian outback horror that earns its dread slowly.”

ends bittersweetit will wreck youbuilds to a gut-punch finalegrips by minute 25attention 5/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upsexual violencegraphic violencechild peril

Skip it tonight — You cannot stomach sexual violence, child peril, or camping-trip terror tonight.

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