
Trauma
Evil requires loyalty
Directed by Lucio A. Rojas
Produced by Trauma Spa, Border Motion Cinema
A brutal thriller that weaponizes Chile's dictatorship trauma as the source of generational violence, trapping its protagonists in a nightmare where institutional evil has metastasized into family pathology.
Four friends visit a rural locality of Chile, are brutally attacked by a man and his son. After not finding help in the town, they decide to confront these men with the help of a pair of policemen. But in this way, they will discover that their attackers have in their blood the direct legacy of the darkest period of Chilean history and will have to face the most brutal enemy.
Clusters
Questions people ask
Is Trauma scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.
Is Trauma violent? Yes, very. More violent than 98% of films.
Is Trauma easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Does Trauma end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Trauma sad? Yes. More sad than 82% 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.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Trauma
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Trauma
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Trauma, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Trauma, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Trauma, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.























































