Death and Cremation

Death and Cremation

Business is booming at the crematorium.

Directed by Justin Steele

201086 min5.3 / 10

A dark psychological thriller about a serial killer and a troubled teenager forming a twisted bond in a basement crematorium, exploring isolation, belonging, and moral compromise.

In a typical American suburb filled with middle class morals, a lonely 59-year-old, Stan, contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement. In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. Jarod, a fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast, lands an after-school job in Stan's cremation house and the two develop an unusual working relationship that quickly evolves into a partnership. As detective Matt Fairchild puts together clues from local disappearances, Stan must decide if protecting his newfound trainee is worth killing for.

Questions people ask

  • Is Death and Cremation scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Death and Cremation easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Death and Cremation end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Death and Cremation violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.

  • Is Death and Cremation sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

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17/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity52

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise8

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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