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2014 · thriller · horror

Mercy

Directed by Peter Cornwell1h 18m2014
ElsewhereIMDb4.96k
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
Movie DNA

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

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A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.

Our read · Mercy (2014) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive thriller · horror entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent 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 supernatural horror about family secrets and creepy grandma.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena slow buildgrips by minute 15attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencechild perilsuicide theme

Skip it tonightSkip if demonic possession or kids in danger will ruin your night.

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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