Film201675 min

Sam Was Here

Name: Sam Was Here
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2016
Duration: 75 min
Cast: Rusty Joiner, Sigrid La Chapelle, Rhoda Pell, Hassan Galedary, Clément Lepoutre

Taste attributes: horrormysterythrillerrobots/ai/spacedisasterfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarysurrealemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and inventive: a dark horror film, surreal rather than linear. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: surreal · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

5.4 /10

TMDB · 130 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

California, Mojave Desert, 1998. A strange glow appears in the sky. Sam, a forty-something door-to-door salesman, travels through the few inhabited zones of the Californian desert in search of clients.

Synopsis: TMDB