Isolation

Isolation

It didn't want to be born. Now it doesn't want to die.

Directed by Billy O'Brien

Produced by Lions Gate Films, The Bureau

200595 min5.5 / 10

A bleak, visceral sci-fi horror about unwilling human subjects trapped on an isolated farm with a grotesque genetic mutation, driven by body horror and mounting dread.

On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.

Questions people ask

  • Does Isolation end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.

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

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

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

  • Is Isolation one of a kind? Barely. Less singular than 86% of films.

  • Is Isolation 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.

15/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity20

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise18

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Isolation

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Isolation

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Isolation, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Isolation, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Isolation, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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