1997 · 110 min

The Relic

Name: The Relic
Director: Peter Hyams
Released: 1997-01-10

A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

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Quick Facts

Confidence: MODERATE

Status: Provisional

Director: Peter Hyams

Why It's Disturbing

A giant creature hunts and kills people in a Chicago museum, with references to dead bodies and a pile of bodies.

Psychological20

Gore8

Bleakness18

Realism20

Dread20

Violence15

Body Horror5

Taboo8

Lingering Impact20

20.4

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The Relic has a DreadQ Score of 17/100. The score reflects psychological impact, dread, bleakness, violence, gore, realism and other disturbance dimensions.

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