# Kill List (2011)

> A traumatized hitman’s routine contract becomes a brutally surreal descent into cult violence and existential dread.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/52433

## Facts

- Runtime: 95 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller, Crime
- Director: Ben Wheatley
- Cast: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley, Struan Rodger, Emma Fryer, Esme Folley, Ben Crompton
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1788391/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: foreboding, bleak, paranoid, late night horror viewing, arthouse horror night

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