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2019 · horror · supernatural

Sator

Directed by Jordan Graham1h 25m2019
ElsewhereIMDb5.13kRT89%Metacritic82
  • heavy
  • slow-burn
  • intense
  • inventive
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, slow-burn, measured horror / supernatural, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

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Secluded in a desolate forest, a broken family is observed by Sator, a supernatural entity who is attempting to claim them.

Our read · Sator (2019) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, surreal horror · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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You want a slow eerie forest horror about family and an unseen entity.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakenmeditativegrips by minute 38attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencegorejump scares

Skip it tonightYou need fast action or clear explanations in your horror tonight.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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