Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) movie poster

Repo! The Genetic Opera

2008 ·1h 38m · ★ 6.3 (379)

By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan - and those who can’t fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed. In the midst of this, a sickly teenager discovers a shocking secret about herself, her father, and their connection to GeneCo.

Why it matters

A grotesquely operatic plunge into a dystopian future where organ repossession is a debt collectors’ death sentence.

  • Cult musical meets body horror—think Rocky Horror's cult energy fused with Cronenbergian organ terror.
  • Practical gore effects by KNB EFX deliver visceral, gooey shocks that never let the spectacle feel sterile.
  • A twisted satire of medical capitalism wrapped in a dark, gothic rock score that turns decay into art.
  • For fans of audacious genre mashups who don’t mind their operatics drenched in blood and corporate nihilism.
15 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
100
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
100
Supernatural
0
Creature
36
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
100
Cerebral
99
Survival
83
Slasher

Content Warnings

Child in DangerTaboo ContentBody HorrorEye TraumaDehumanizationTortureMedical Gore

Phobia triggers

TeethNeedlesTight SpacesFlashing LightsMedical ProceduresReligious ImageryEyes

TMDB Keywords

2050sblood feudcommunismdeal with the devildrug addictiondystopiaevil corporationgoreheir to the thronehorror musicalindependent filmjealousymusicalmusical comedyrock musicalsci-fi horrorwidower with daughter

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