FilmSupernatural Gothic Body Horror

The Lure2015

Name: The Lure
Genre: Supernatural, Gothic, Body Horror, Folk Horror
Released: 2015-12-25
Rating: 6.5

Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska

6.5

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.2Rotten Tomatoes 89%Metacritic 72TMDB 6.2

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Year

2015

Runtime

93 min

Box Office

Budget

$1,300,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$102,986

Domestic

$101,657

🏆 22 wins & 19 nominations total

The premise

Two mermaid sisters, who end up performing at a nightclub, face cruel and bloody choices when one of them falls in love with a beautiful young man.

Horror Vault's take

Set against the neon-drenched underground of 1980s Warsaw, The Lure plunges two mermaid sisters into the seedy world of a nightclub where they perform as exotic star attractions. What begins as a glittering fantasy of music and sequins slowly curdles into something far more primal and dangerous as one sister becomes dangerously entangled with a human man. Director Agnieszka Smoczyńska blends bloody creature mythology with original song and arresting visual style, creating a fairy tale that refuses to play by any familiar rules. This is a love story with teeth — literally.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Nudity, Sexual Content, Body Horror