Adopting Terror

Adopting Terror

Directed by Micho Rutare

Produced by The Asylum, Lifetime

201289 min5.1 / 10

A tense stalker thriller centered on a family's fight to protect their adopted daughter from a dangerous biological father's obsessive pursuit.

Tim and Cheryl Broadbent are excited to finally adopt Mona, a beautiful baby girl. But when the baby's biological father starts stalking them, their world turns upside down: through intimidation, manipulation, and violence, he is determined to take his daughter back.

Questions people ask

  • Is Adopting Terror scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Adopting Terror sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Does Adopting Terror end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Adopting Terror violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is Adopting Terror easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting 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.

9/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity21

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Adopting Terror

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Adopting Terror

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Adopting Terror, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Adopting Terror, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Adopting Terror, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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