Does Shelley end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Shelley easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Shelley

Name: Shelley
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Released: 2016
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Cosmina Stratan, Peter Christoffersen, Björn Andrésen, Marianne Mortensen

Inside, an evil grows.

Directed by Ali Abbasi

Produced by Profile Pictures, Film i Skåne

201692 min5.5 / 10

A slow-burn psychological horror about surrogacy and motherhood that trades explicit scares for creeping dread and moral ambiguity.

Louise and Kasper want to become parents, but Louise cannot have children. She seals a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, to bear her child, but things don't turn out quite as planned...

Clusters

Ambiguous Mental Breakdown Stories Grief Turns Into Fear Teen Pregnancy And Sexuality

Genres

Drama Horror Mystery

Keywords

Pregnancy Surrogate Mother

Questions people ask

Does Shelley end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is Shelley sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is Shelley scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Is Shelley easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Shelley violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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.

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