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Berberian Sound Studio (2012) · CriticCrunch

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Berberian Sound Studio

Movie2012·92 min

Berberian Sound Studio

Directed by Peter Strickland

Horror Drama Thriller

A horror drama film directed by Peter Strickland.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 43%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.1/10

398 ratings

About Berberian Sound Studio

In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film. His nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Unsettling, Contemplative
Story Tags: obsession, trauma recovery, identity self discovery, late 20th century, showbiz media, international, workplace, strangers forced together, outsider misfit, everyman, slow burn reveal, rise and fall, body horror, gothic horror

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Details

Director: Peter Strickland
Language: English

Cast

Toby Jones, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Cosimo Fusco

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How Berberian Sound Studio Ranks

All movies

Top 43%

2010s movies

Top 36%

Horror movies

Top 42%

2010s Horror movies

Top 31%

★Peter Strickland films#1 of 3

Peter Strickland's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

Berberian Sound Studio Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkintenselayeredseriouspersonalhaunting

unsettling

contemplative

What it's about

slow-burn revealrise & fallobsessiontrauma recoveryidentity self discoveryoutsider misfiteverymanstrangers forced togethershowbiz & mediabody horrorgothic horrorinternationalworkplacelate 20th century

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

unsettlinguneasy