Stash House (2012) poster
2012 · thriller

Stash House

Directed by Eduardo Rodríguez1h 35m2012
ElsewhereIMDb4.73k
  • sombre
  • kinetic
  • intense
  • cold
Movie DNA

Sombre, breathless, measured thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Dave and Emma have found the perfect house, until they discover a stash of heroin and end up imprisoned in it by violent thugs.

Our read · Stash House (2012) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded thriller 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 couple trapped in their new home by violent drug thugs.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakensteady all the waygrips by minute 15attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencedrug use

Skip it tonightYou want smart characters or fast-paced thrills without stupidity.

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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