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Surveillance

Surveillance

Horror · Thriller · Mystery · 2008

An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.

Movie details

Surveillance

2008 Horror · Thriller · Mystery 1h 37m

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Surveillance?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jennifer Lynch

Written by

Kent Harper · Jennifer Lynch

Julia Ormond

Julia Ormond

Elisabeth Anderson

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Sam Hallaway

Pell James

Pell James

Bobbi Prescott

Ryan Simpkins

Ryan Simpkins

Stephanie

Cheri Oteri

Cheri Oteri

Mom

Michael Ironside

Michael Ironside

Billings

French Stewart

French Stewart

Jim Conrad

Court is in session

Put Surveillance on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.