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Annihilation

2018 ·1h 55m · ★ 6.4 (9,275)

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

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Director

Alex Garland Alex Garland
2 horror films in catalog
Annihilation
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Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
57
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
100
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
100
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
100
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
67
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
99
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
83
Discover with this DNA
Body HorrorGriefLovecraftianMutationTransformation

Tone

Meditative

Content Warnings

Body HorrorEye TraumaDehumanizationAnimal Harm
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

absurdalligatorambiguousbased on novel or bookbeastbiologistcancercomacompounddepressiondnadrearyexpeditionfaunaflorafloridageologisthybridmemory lossmeteormissing husbandmissing personmourningmysterious life formparamedicphysicistprofessorpsychedelicpsychological horrorpsychologistquarantinescientistself-destructionspeculativeswampunusual phenomena

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