Out of the Dark (2014) poster
2014 · thriller · horror · supernatural

Out of the Dark

Directed by Lluís Quílez1h 32m2014
ElsewhereIMDb4.85kRT25%Metacritic33
  • heavy
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

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

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A couple and their daughter moves to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.

Our read · Out of the Dark (2014) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive thriller · horror · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes 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 haunted house thriller with a family facing supernatural threats abroad.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakengrabs you earlygrips by minute 8attention 3/5earns its lengthsubtitles: partial
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upchild peril

Skip it tonightSkip if stories centered on children in peril from ghosts will unsettle 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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