FilmRPsychological Gothic Slasher

Stoker2013

Name: Stoker
Genre: Psychological, Gothic, Slasher
Released: 2013-02-28
Rating: 6.7

“Innocence ends.”

Directed by Park Chan-wook

6.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.7Rotten Tomatoes 70%Metacritic 58TMDB 6.6

✍ Review

On the charts

#4·Top Horror Movies of 2013

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Year

2013

Runtime

99 min

Box Office

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$12,077,441

Domestic

$1,714,221

🏆 7 wins & 42 nominations total

The premise

After India’s father dies suddenly, her uncle Charlie, whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother. Soon after his arrival, she begins to suspect that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives. But instead of feeling outrage or horror, the friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.

Horror Vault's take

When her father dies under murky circumstances, teenager India Stoker finds her already fragile home life upended by the sudden appearance of Uncle Charlie — a man of impeccable manners and deeply troubling magnetism. Director Park Chan-wook crafts a visually hypnotic Southern Gothic where grief and desire blur into something far more dangerous. India's growing fascination with her uncle defies every instinct for self-preservation, raising the question of whether darkness can be passed down like a family heirloom. Lush, precise, and quietly menacing, Stoker is psychological horror dressed in the finest clothes.

Content: Violence, Sexual Content, Disturbing Thematic Content