2007 · horror · thriller · supernatural
The Tattooist
Directed by Peter Burger1h 32m2007
American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he gets his first glimpse at the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo (tatau), and, in a thoughtless act, unwittingly unleashes a powerful angry spirit. In his devastating journey into Pacific mysticism, Jake must find a way to save his new love, Sina and recover his own soul.
Our read: The Tattooist (2007) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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