Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son. Then a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the body of a young woman, who was apparently harboring dark secrets.
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
Director:
Yorgos Lanthimos
Stars:
Barry G. Bernson,
Herb Caillouet,
Bill Camp
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, the tenuous domestic order he has established with his wife and son is put to the ultimate test with the arrival of a desperate young family seeking refuge. Despite the best intentions of both families, paranoia and mistrust boil over as the horrors outside creep ever-closer, awakening something hidden and monstrous within him as he learns that the protection of his family comes at the cost of his soul.Written by
A24
The painting featured in the movie at the beginning is titled, "The Triumph of Death". See more »
Goofs
On more than one occasion in the film, a lead character uses gasoline as fuel to start a fire, but then carelessly leaves the gas can in dangerously close proximity to the open flames as he lights his matches and starts the fire. In real life it would have been extremely likely that fumes from the gas can would have ignited, being so close to the open flames, and possibly caused serious injury or death to the lead character or others nearby. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Sarah:
Can you hear me? Dad, can you hear me?
Bud:
[nodding a weary yes]
Sarah:
You don't need to fight it. You can just let it all go. Everything's okay.
[pan reveals that she is speaking with a mask on]
Sarah:
I love you, dad. I do. I'm so sorry. Oh, god...
[gets up to go]
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Thriller/horror/mystery has become my favorite genre recently with films like Get Out and A Cure For Wellness. There is no mystery, there is no horror-it's more of a snuff film that acts like it will become a horror mystery film but is just pointless to watch. Every seen may have tension, there seems to be a mystery, there seems like there's horror afoot but nothing pays off in the end. I regret watching this.
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Thriller/horror/mystery has become my favorite genre recently with films like Get Out and A Cure For Wellness. There is no mystery, there is no horror-it's more of a snuff film that acts like it will become a horror mystery film but is just pointless to watch. Every seen may have tension, there seems to be a mystery, there seems like there's horror afoot but nothing pays off in the end. I regret watching this.