2016 · horror · thriller · slasher
Pet
Directed by Carles Torrens1h 34m2016
A man bumps into an old crush and becomes obsessed. After several failed attempts at winning her over, he kidnaps her and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.
Our read: Pet (2016) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded horror · thriller · slasher entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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“You want a nasty captive thriller whose power games flip who's predator.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if kidnapping cruelty and splattery violence will sour your night.
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