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2014 · thriller · crime · mystery · tv-movie

Killing Daddy

Directed by Curtis Crawford1h 25m2014
ElsewhereIMDb5.51k
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • cold
Movie DNA

Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When Cassie's father finds himself vulnerable and bedridden, she believes she has the perfect revenge for her mother's death.

Our read · Killing Daddy (2014) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · crime · mystery 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 a twist-filled Lifetime thriller about a daughter seeking revenge on her father.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakensteady all the waygrips by minute 20attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou want prestige cinema or dislike TV-movie thriller plotting.

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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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