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An American Crime

2007 ·1h 37m · ★ 7.3 (763)

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
43
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
66
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
86
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
0
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
71
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
50
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Setting

Church

Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceChild in DangerTaboo ContentDehumanizationTorture
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TMDB Keywords

1960sbased on true storybasementcarnivalchild abusedysfunctional familyfemale child abuserjumping on a bedmistreatmentmurderrapesingle motherteenage girltorturetrue crimewatching tv

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