Little Deaths (2011) poster
2011 · horror · thriller · romance

Little Deaths

Directed by Sean Hogan, Simon Rumley, Andrew Parkinson1h 30m2011
ElsewhereIMDb4.73kRT100%
  • heavy
  • extreme
  • surreal
  • bleak
  • cold
  • intimate
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Heavy, steady, extreme horror / thriller, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Composed of three disturbingly sensual and terrifying short narratives, unified by the twin themes of sex and death.

Our read · Little Deaths (2011) reads as a heavy, steady, surreal horror · thriller · romance entry — extreme 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 three extreme British horror shorts about sex, death and revenge.

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Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
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Skip it tonightSkip if sadistic sex, gore and animal attacks will traumatize you.

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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