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2011 · horror · thriller · supernatural · survival

Husk

Directed by Brett Simmons1h 23m2011
ElsewhereIMDb5.111kRT83%
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A group of friends stranded near a desolate cornfield find shelter in an old farmhouse, though they soon discover the dwelling is the center of a supernatural ritual.

Our read · Husk (2011) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate 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 lean scarecrow horror with supernatural farmhouse dread after dark.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakensteady all the waygrips by minute 14attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencejump scares

Skip it tonightSkip if dumb teen decisions and cornfield slasher clichés annoy you quickly.

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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