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2010 · drama · thriller · coming-of-age

Triple Dog

Directed by Pascal Franchot1h 32m2010
ElsewhereIMDb5.75k
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • cold
Movie DNA

Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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On the night of a sleepover, a group of teenage girls venture out in a competitive game of challenging dares. As the antics escalate, and the dares become more extreme, the girls unravel the truth behind a former student's rumored suicide.

Our read · Triple Dog (2010) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · thriller · coming-of-age 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 a teen sleepover thriller where escalating dares expose a suicide's real story.

ends ambiguousit stays with youa rollercoastergrips by minute 12attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upsuicide themechild peril

Skip it tonightSkip if teen suicide themes or dangerous truth-or-dare games make you anxious.

If Triple Dog is your film
Thirteen (2003)
girls testing limits with sex, risk, and adult fallout
(unless the tone is less mystery thriller)
The Craft (1996)
group of outsiders whose games and powers spiral out of control
Jawbreaker (1999)
popular girls, a death, cover-ups, and mean-spirited teen dynamics
(if you want less camp and more straight suspense)
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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