Knife+Heart
Un couteau dans le cœur
In the summer of 1979, gay porn producer Anne sets out to film her most ambitious film yet, but her actors are picked off, one by one, by a mysterious killer.
Why it matters
A stylish, bloody slasher that fuses queer cinema with grindhouse sleaze to unsettling effect.
- Subverts the slasher template by centering a queer porn producer amid a neon-lit 1970s Paris, blending eroticism with body horror.
- Vanessa Paradis anchors the cast with a cool detachment that contrasts the film’s lurid excess and inventive kill set pieces.
- Director Yann Gonzalez’s flair for atmosphere turns every frame into a decadent, dreamlike nightmare soaked in synth score and saturated color.
- Not for the faint-hearted or those expecting tight plotting—its campy, sometimes absurd narrative rewards viewers attuned to style over substance.
Director
3 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
28
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
86
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
67
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
85
Survival
50
Serial Killer
