5150 Elm's Way

5150 Elm's Way

Directed by Éric Tessier

Produced by Cirrus Communications

2009110 min6.5 / 10

A claustrophobic psychological thriller about a captive forced into a twisted game of chess with a delusional serial killer who sees himself as a moral arbiter.

Yannick moves to a small, quiet town to study cinema. One day when he fell off his bike, he knocked at the door of the Beaulieu residence so he could clean the blood off his hands. But Jacques Beaulieu and his family had other plans for Yannick. Beaulieu is a righteous psychopath and fanatic chess player who wants to rid the world of evil. And even though Ian has done nothing wrong, he is beaten, tortured and tormented before Beaulieu makes him an offer: win at chess and he is free to go. And so Ian is now a pawn in Beaulieu 's game. A game in which he will either lose his mind or his life.

Questions people ask

  • Is 5150 Elm's Way scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.

  • Does 5150 Elm's Way end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.

  • Is 5150 Elm's Way violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is 5150 Elm's Way easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is 5150 Elm's Way sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

52/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity52

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise59

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love45

How much audiences actually like it

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