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The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to austere psychological horror, deadpan absurdity, and morally impossible choices that resist easy explanation.
- Tone
- eerie, bleak, cerebral
- Payoff
- unease, catharsis
- Pacing
- slow-burn
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- moral responsibility, family, sacrifice, retribution, guilt
- Setting
- contemporary, affluent suburb and clinical hospital spaces
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