FilmNRSlasher Psychological Splatter & Gore

The Card Player2004

Name: The Card Player
Genre: Slasher, Psychological, Splatter & Gore
Released: 2004-01-02
Rating: 4.8

“A serial killer with a vice for Video Poker”

Directed by Dario Argento

4.8

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 4.9Rotten Tomatoes 22%Metacritic 48TMDB 4.4

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Year

2004

Runtime

103 min

Box Office

Budget

$2,600,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$3,368,452

🏆 1 nomination total

The premise

Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.

Horror Vault's take

In the rain-soaked streets of Rome, a detective finds herself locked in a deadly high-stakes poker game against a sadistic killer who streams the fate of his captives live over the internet. Every losing hand means watching an innocent person die on screen — and the clock is always ticking. Directed by Italian horror maestro Dario Argento, The Card Player blends procedural thriller tension with visceral horror as two cops race to unmask a monster hiding behind a digital veil.

Content: Graphic Throat-Cutting Violence, Depictions Of Murder Via Live Video Feed, Gore, Snuff-Themed Content