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2024 · horror · thriller · coming-of-age

MadS

Directed by David Moreau1h 29m2024
ElsewhereIMDb6.410kRT94%Metacritic78
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • inventive
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

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

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A teenager stops off to see his dealer to test a new drug before heading off for a night of partying. On the way home, he picks up an injured woman, and the night takes a surreal turn.

Our read · MadS (2024) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · thriller · coming-of-age 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 a one-take French bad-trip spiral that never lets you breathe.

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Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-updrug usegraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if drug-fueled chaos, relentless violence, and no exit plan terrify 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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