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An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.
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Character
Bleak, grave, overwhelming and plot-driven.
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Sam NeillJohn Trent
- Julie CarmenLinda Styles
- Jürgen ProchnowSutter Cane
- David WarnerDr. Wrenn
- John GloverSaperstein
- Bernie CaseyRobinson
- Peter JasonMr. Paul
- Charlton HestonJackson Harglow
- Frances BayMrs. Pickman
- Wilhelm von HomburgSimon
Crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- Michael De LucaScreenplay
- Gary B. KibbeDirector of Photography
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- Jim LangOriginal Music Composer
- Edward A. WarschilkaEditor
- Sandy KingProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Flesh + Blood 198571% alikeBoth bleak, grave, overwhelming.
Longlegs 202470% alikeBoth bleak, grave.
Both bleak, grave, overwhelming.
Gankutsuou 200472% alikeSeries · Both grave, overwhelming.
Dracula 202071% alikeSeries · Both bleak.
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