# The Tall Man (2012)

> A grieving nurse hunts the folkloric kidnapper blamed for Cold Rock’s missing children while a hostile town conceals a far more unsettling reality.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/61672

## Facts

- Runtime: 106 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Director: Pascal Laugier
- Cast: Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris, Colleen Wheeler, Eve Harlow, Janet Wright
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1658837/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: eerie, foreboding, paranoid, late night horror viewing, dark mystery marathon

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