And God Said to Cain (1970) poster
1970 · revenge · gothic · kinski · margheriti

And God Said to Cain

Directed by Antonio Margheriti1h 41m1970
ElsewhereIMDb6.72kTMDB6.762
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, extreme revenge / gothic, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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An innocent man sentenced to ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit, is released from jail, promising to seek revenge on the guilty.

Our read · And God Said to Cain (1970) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive revenge · gothic · kinski entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a dark gothic spaghetti western with storm and creeping revenge.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena slow buildgrips by minute 18attention 3/5earns its lengthsubtitles: partial
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violence

Skip it tonightYou want bright westerns or fast shootouts without dread.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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