Corruption

Corruption

where will the bodies turn up next? ...under a car seat? ...in a valise? ...or in a deep-freeze?

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Release Date

7/19/1968

Runtime

91 mins

Genres

Overview

A surgeon discovers that he can restore the beauty to his girlfriend's scarred face by murdering other women and extracting fluids from their pituitary gland. However, the effects only last for a short time, so he has to kill more and more women. It is ultimately a killing spree which ends with considerable death and disaster.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Homepage

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A proto-slasher where scientific obsession curdles into serial murder, driven by a surgeon's grotesque logic. The film treats its premise with grim seriousness, creating an escalating sense of inevitability as the killing becomes the only means to keep its machinery running.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettlingBleak

Themes

ObsessionMortalityRedemption

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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