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Piercing

2019 ·1h 22m · ★ 5.7 (250)

After kissing his wife and baby goodbye for a seemingly normal business trip, Reed checks himself into a hotel room to accomplish something he’s always dreamed of: the perfect murder. As his sinister plans unfold, he soon realizes he might be in over his head with a mysteriously unhinged call girl named Jackie.

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Director

Nicolas Pesce Nicolas Pesce
3 horror films in catalog
The Eyes of My Mother
The Eyes of My Mother 2016
The Grudge
The Grudge 2019
Piercing
Piercing 2019

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
14
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
83
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
100
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
71
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
17
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Setting

ApartmentHospital

Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceTaboo ContentDehumanization
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

based on novel or bookdiaryescort servicehallucinationhotelmarried manprostitutepsychological horrorpsychological thrillersurrealismviolence

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