2013 · thriller
Stoker (2013)
Directed by Park Chan-wook1h 39m2013
After India’s father dies suddenly, her uncle Charlie, whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother. Soon after his arrival, she begins to suspect that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives. But instead of feeling outrage or horror, the friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Our read: Stoker (2013) (2013) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, measured thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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