Cadaver (2020) poster
2020 · drama · horror · thriller · disaster

Cadaver

Directed by Jarand Herdal1h 26m2020
ElsewhereIMDb5.213kRT25%
  • heavy
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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In the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, a starving family finds hope in a charismatic hotel owner. Lured by the prospect of a free dinner, they discover that the evening's entertainment blurs the lines between performance and reality. Will they wind up the spectators or the spectacle?

Our read · Cadaver (2020) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive drama · horror · thriller 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 post-apocalyptic dread where a free dinner hides something far worse.

ends bittersweetit leaves you shakena slow buildgrips by minute 18attention 3/5breezes bysubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencegorechild perilsuicide theme

Skip it tonightSkip if cannibal horror, child peril, or on-screen suicide will wreck your night.

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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