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2010 · horror · thriller · slasher

Rabies

Directed by Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado1h 30m2010

A brother and sister who run away from home find sanctuary in a deserted nature reserve. When the sister falls into the trap of a psychopathic killer, the brother sets out on a race against time to find help. In a twist of fate the rescue of the sister becomes inadvertently intertwined with the lives of a group of young tennis players, a ranger and his dog, as well as a team of policemen.

Our read: Rabies (2010) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · slasher entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb5.83kTMDB5.882
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • bleak
  • cold
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DNA · twelve axes

How Rabies 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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“You want unpredictable Israeli horror with intertwined strangers and gory suspense.”

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena rollercoastergrips by minute 12attention 4/5earns its lengthsubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencegoreexplicit sex

Skip it tonight — Skip if Hebrew subtitles or nihilistic gore and sex will disturb you.

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