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The Killing of a Sacred Deer. 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.
Nov 3, 2017 · A horror mystery film by Yorgos Lanthimos about a surgeon who faces a sinister teenage boy after his father's death. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, quotes, and more.
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- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- 2017-11-03
Aug 4, 2024 · The Killing Of A Sacred Deer is a psychological horror film that explores themes of guilt, justice, and revenge. The ending is based on a Greek myth, where Steven, a heart surgeon, must choose to kill one of his children to balance the death of Martin's father.
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Advertisement. That’s a good word for “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”. It’s a film that challenges viewers in such fascinating ways and feels so refined in its filmmaking that it’s invigorating to watch. It’s a rare movie indeed that can be this alternately terrifying, hysterical, strange, and heartbreaking, often in the same scene.
A surgeon's family is threatened by a teenage boy who blames him for his father's death on the operating table. The boy demands a sacrifice to balance the scales, and the surgeon faces a moral dilemma.
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A thriller by Yorgos Lanthimos starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman as a surgeon and his wife who face a sinister threat from a teenage boy. The film explores themes of guilt, revenge, and existential horror in a subversive and stylish way.