Compulsion

Released Mar 15, 2019

1h 24m

Horror

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

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Sadie, a budding erotic novelist, is enticed by an ex-lover to join him and an enigmatic woman named Francesca at an Italian villa. Once there, Sadie becomes embroiled in a surreal game of murder and betrayal.

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This is a mood piece - mostly based around imagery. The main focus is on photographic visual impact so much that it's like watching a series of make-up or perfume commercials in rated-R versions, strung together to make an hour and half collage of these commercials. The goal is obviously intended to evoke two primary emotions; erotica and fear. And to this end it is very effective, but there is not much to it beyond that. It's similar to the concept of Eyes Wide Shut with the feel of The Cell. It seems like it's mostly just an excuse to see Tiptons boobs in a dreamy, surreal state with a bunch of naked or nearly naked girls in Mardi gras masks in mansions and castles (again like a make-up commercial). If you just want these kinds of visuals fine. But if you want an actual plot with characters, tension and delivery, etc, there's none of these things.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/07/19

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Love Tipton, but baseline for the story is confusing, and remains so at the end.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Weird, BORING and horrible! I would have enjoyed watching the dryer turning clothes to dry better than watching this poor excuse for a movie!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Craig Goodwill

Director

Lio Tipton

Sadie

Marta Gastini

Francesca

Nina Senicar

Lily

Jan Bijvoet

Minos

Jakob Cedergren

Alex

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Synopsis

Sadie, a budding erotic novelist, is enticed by an ex-lover to join him and an enigmatic woman named Francesca at an Italian villa. Once there, Sadie becomes embroiled in a surreal game of murder and betrayal.

Director: Craig Goodwill
Producer: Simon Fawcett, Julie Kroll, Luca Legnani, Lawrence Mortorff, Ladis Zanini
Screenwriter: Brian Clark
Distributor: Self Distributed
Production Co: Atlantic Screen Productions, Fargo Films
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 15, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 11, 2018
Runtime: 1h 24m

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