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2013 · horror · thriller · drama · supernatural

Mr. Jones

Directed by Karl Mueller1h 30m2013
ElsewhereIMDb4.64kRT50%Metacritic38
  • heavy
  • 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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Scott (Jon Foster) is a filmmaker in need of inspiration. He and his girlfriend Penny (Sarah Jones) move into a desolate house hoping to make a breakthrough. Then they discover their neighbor, the elusive Mr. Jones. Famous for his haunting sculptures, Mr. Jones has remained a mystery to the world. Scott and Penny, convinced that they have found the perfect film subject, sneak into his workshop and realize that their curiosity may have chilling consequences. Who is Mr. Jones?

Our read · Mr. Jones (2013) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · drama 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 creepy found footage horror about an enigmatic outsider artist.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena slow buildgrips by minute 18attention 3/5earns its length
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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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