Death Game

Death Game

The object is to stay alive.

Directed by Peter S. Traynor

Produced by First American Films

197787 min5.8 / 10

A sadistic home-invasion thriller that weaponizes seduction and eroticism to trap and torment a vulnerable man, sustaining dread through intimate violation.

George Manning is a well-to-do businessman, husband, and father. While his family is away on his birthday, he invites a pair of rain-soaked young women into his house to wait out an evening thunderstorm. The two girls seduce Manning and ultimately kidnap and torture him in his own home.

Questions people ask

  • Is Death Game scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.

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

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

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

  • Is Death Game sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% 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.

42/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity62

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise59

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Death Game

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Same Mood as Death Game

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Like Death Game, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Death Game, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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