2017 · drama · horror · thriller
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos2h 1m2017
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.
Our read: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) reads as a heavy, measured, surreal drama · horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / horror, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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