Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case
A breathless true-crime documentary examines the murder of journalist Kim Wall aboard an inventor’s homemade submarine and the witnesses forced to confront their complicity.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- breathless
- disturbing
- true crime viewing
- documentary night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the documentary’s gripping, fast-moving reconstruction of the murder case and its unsettling examination of complicity.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film follows the murder case through the filmmaker's documentation, the helpers' reckoning, and their preparation to testify.
Peter Madsen is documented as an inventor before the murder transforms the meaning of his relationships and behavior.
Madsen's young helpers reckon with their involvement and prepare to testify after Kim Wall's murder.
The murder occurs aboard Madsen's homemade submarine, making the vessel both a concrete plot location and a source of unease.
Films like Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case, and why
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
true crime documentary investigation centered on a shocking murder and the psychology of the perpetrator
Making a Murderer
journalistic true crime documentary combining a murder case with institutional and personal reckoning
Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
intense documentary portrait of a killer whose public persona conceals disturbing criminality
Movie Details
- Director
- Emma Sullivan
- Release Date
- 2020-01-23
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (74)
Cast
- Kim Wall
- Peter Madsen
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case about?
- A breathless true-crime documentary examines the murder of journalist Kim Wall aboard an inventor’s homemade submarine and the witnesses forced to confront their complicity.
- What is Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case as graphic.
- What did critics think of Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case?
- Critics broadly praised the documentary’s gripping, fast-moving reconstruction of the murder case and its unsettling examination of complicity.
- Which films are like Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case?
- Films with a similar feel include The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, Making a Murderer, and Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes.
- How long is Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case?
- Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case?
- In United States, Into the Deep: The Submarine Murder Case streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
