The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) poster
2014 · horror · mystery · thriller · supernatural

The Taking of Deborah Logan

Directed by Adam Robitel1h 30m2014
ElsewhereIMDb6.043kRT92%
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • inventive
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / mystery, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising events begin to plague the family and crew and an unspeakable malevolence threatens to tear the very fabric of sanity from them all.

Our read · The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · mystery · thriller entry — extreme 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 found-footage dread that starts as a dementia doc and goes feral.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakenbuilds to a gut-punch finalegrips by minute 48attention 4/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upbody horrorchild perilgraphic violencejump scares

Skip it tonightYou cannot stomach possession horror or anything involving vulnerable elders.

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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