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1 day ago · Among Farrell's most unique movies is the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed horror thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer, in which the actor stars opposite The Banshees of Inisherin star Barry Keoghan for ...
Nov 3, 2017 · Drama Horror Mystery. Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister. Director. Yorgos Lanthimos. Writers. Yorgos Lanthimos. Efthimis Filippou. Stars. Barry G. Bernson. Herb Caillouet. Bill Camp.
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- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- 2017-11-03
- The Dialogue in The Killing of A Sacred Deer
- The Power of Fate in The Killing of A Sacred Deer
- Hubris and Retribution in The Killing of A Sacred Deer
There is much to be said about the delivery of lines in the film. Each character is almost robotic and monotone, and all speak in a rather similar way. This creates a sort of distance between them and the audience, who are aware that Steven is the protagonist. But the fact that his way of speaking and his mannerisms are similar to Martin, who could...
There is an overall supernatural element that plagues the characters, along with some creepy psychological horror for the audience. When Martin reveals his true intentions of retribution for his father who died at the hands of Steven, the course of the film is drastically shifted. It comes as a shock when this boy starts to have a psychological and...
As in most Greek tragedies, the protagonist suffers from a fatal flaw. Oedipus the Great King, Odysseus, and other powerful figures demonstrate hubris which angers the Gods. In this film, we see in Steven a character who resembles that of a proud man ignorant of his own fatal flaw. Martin’s father did die by Steven’s hand, which was said to be perf...
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The Killing Of A Sacred Deer is a 2017 absurdist psychological horror thriller film directed and co-produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Efthimis Filippou. It stars Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone, and Bill Camp.
May 9, 2024 · Sugar (2024) Role: John Sugar. Streaming on Apple+. Farrell shocked the TV world by taking on the role of Sugar, a private detective with a titillating secret. Sugar handles a case in Tokyo...
3 days ago · Farrell’s Rotten movies with high Audience Scores include Veronica Guerin (directed by Joel Schumacher, whom Farrell worked frequently with, including Phone Booth and Tigerland ), A Home at...
Jan 21, 2011 · If director Craig Gillespie had polled horror fans in 2011 and asked them if he really needed to remake 1985’s Fright Night, the answer probably would have been a resounding “no;” after all, the...
