2018 · 115 min

Annihilation

Name: Annihilation
Director: Alex Garland
Released: 2018-02-22

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

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Rated R.

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Quick Facts

Confidence: HIGH

Status: Provisional

Director: Alex Garland

Why It's Disturbing

A psychologically intense, surreal horror experience involving a dangerous expedition, bodily transformation, mutation, memory loss, grief, and unsettling violations of natural laws.

Psychological64

Gore8

Bleakness36

Realism20

Dread20

Violence15

Body Horror100

100

Taboo8

Lingering Impact39

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How disturbing is Annihilation?

Annihilation has a DreadQ Score of 33/100. The score reflects psychological impact, dread, bleakness, violence, gore, realism and other disturbance dimensions.

Is Annihilation gory?

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