Deadline

Deadline

His obsession was to create the ultimate horror story… his curse was to live it.

Directed by Mario Azzopardi

Produced by Horror Picture Films, Canadian Film Development Corporation

198090 min5.1 / 10

A dark descent into psychological dissolution where a screenwriter's obsession with horror bleeds into his life, destroying his family and sanity in the process.

A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.

Questions people ask

  • Does Deadline end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.

  • Is Deadline sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Deadline violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Deadline scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Deadline easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% 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.

12/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity37

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Deadline

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Deadline

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Deadline, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Deadline, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Deadline, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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