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The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds

1965 ·1h 21m · ★ 4.9 (22)

Johnson, an agent for the Liquor Control Department, comes across the remote Cuckoo Bird Inn after escaping from a band of cut-throat moonshiners and a mysterious killer. He realizes there that he must discover the identity of the killer before the inn's demented occupants turn him into another display in the grotesque Chapel of the Dead.

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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
14
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
66
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
33
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
0
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
83
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Body HorrorDehumanization
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