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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

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Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways. Soon, the full scope of Martin's intent becomes menacingly clear when he confronts Steven with a long-forgotten transgression that will shatter his domestic bliss forever.
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer continues director Yorgos Lanthimos' stubbornly idiosyncratic streak -- and demonstrates again that his is a talent not to be ignored.

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Robert Daniels 812filmreviews Has a doctor ever killed your father, and you used voodoo to get back him? Yea, me too. Yorgos Lanthimos's follow-up to The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, is every bit as creepy, dark, and ironic as the former. Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 5, 2018 Full Review Namrata Joshi The Hindu The Killing of a Sacred Deer scares, baffles, unsettles, annoys and peels off the happy smokescreen to reveal the discomfiting reality of yet another upper class family. Jul 11, 2018 Full Review Karl Quinn The Age (Australia) Bleakly brilliant. Rated: 4/5 Feb 15, 2018 Full Review Jack Walters Loud and Clear Reviews "The Killing of a Sacred Deer offers an unsettling and disturbing insight into a twisted world that’s actually not so unlike our own." Rated: 4/5 Jan 18, 2025 Full Review Bianca Garner Filmotomy To Lanthimos, justice is messy and complicated. In real life, there are very little winners, but there are many losers. Oct 4, 2024 Full Review tt stern-enzi Cincinnati CityBeat The usual stark realities we’ve been familiar with for how we see the ‘nati give way to the thrilling fun of Cincinnati as a dark and twisted hellscape out of The Twilight Zone. Aug 26, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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S K Not creepy, not scary, not suspenseful. Dialogue was terrible. Characters not believable. No one acts and talks like that. Also, boring. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/31/25 Full Review Iamwhoi M Creepy movie, full of very creepy, unlikable people, going through their monotone, robotic, emotionless lives, until a weirdly similar stranger comes into their lives and blows everything up. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/24/25 Full Review João Vinícius A The Killing of a Sacred Deer is always willing to get extremely bizarre and inexplicable, and for me, that's what makes it such an ambitious and juicy film that can be chewed slowly without rushing and with an ending that's so quiet, but that makes a deafening sound. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/22/25 Full Review Joyce C Worst movie I ever saw in my life. The stuff of nightmares. Thought it might  be worth watching because Nicole Kidman was in it. But, very disappointed. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/20/25 Full Review Doug T The worst movie I have seen in years! Stupidity runs rampant in this crap ! Makes no sense at all! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/27/25 Full Review Eddie A Trippy movie. Eerie. Kind of Kubrick style. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways. Soon, the full scope of Martin's intent becomes menacingly clear when he confronts Steven with a long-forgotten transgression that will shatter his domestic bliss forever.
Director
Yorgos Lanthimos
Producer
Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos
Screenwriter
Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
Distributor
A24
Production Co
Element Pictures
Rating
R (Disturbing Violent Content|Disturbing Sexual Content|Language|Some Graphic Nudity)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 20, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 19, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.3M
Runtime
2h 1m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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