Kill List
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
Why it matters
A claustrophobic descent into the darkest corners of grief, violence, and pagan dread that redefines hitman horror.
- Ben Wheatley’s genre-blurring direction fuses gritty crime thriller with unsettling folk horror, crafting a uniquely British nightmare.
- Neil Maskell delivers a raw, haunted performance as a hitman unraveling under psychological and supernatural pressure.
- Practical effects and atmosphere build mounting dread without resorting to cheap shocks—slow burn terror at its finest.
- For fans of The Wicker Man, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and British folk horror’s capacity to twist the mundane into the macabre.
Director
5 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
100
Slow Burn
100
Psychological
100
Supernatural
60
Creature
18
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
85
Survival
66
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