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Brimstone (2016) | Ranked Top 7% · CriticCrunch

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Brimstone

Movie2016·148 min

Brimstone

Directed by Martin Koolhoven

Thriller Western Drama Horror

A thriller western film directed by Martin Koolhoven.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 7%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.1/10

About Brimstone

In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Unsettling
Story Tags: faith existentialism, obsession, trauma recovery, 18th 19th century, religion, sex work, sexual violence, american regional, wilderness, rivals, villain protagonist, outsider misfit, cat and mouse, survival, nonlinear flashback

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Details

Director: Martin Koolhoven
Language: English

Cast

Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning, Carice van Houten

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How Brimstone Ranks

All movies

Top 7%

2010s movies

Top 6%

Thriller movies

Top 9%

2010s Thriller movies

Top 7%

Top 7% All movies.

the vibe

Brimstone Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkharrowinglayeredseriouspersonalhauntinggrittyunsettling

What it's about

pacing

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

tone

texture

grittygritty

cat & mouse

survival

nonlinear flashback

faith existentialism

obsession

trauma recovery

villain protagonist

outsider misfit

rivals

religion

sex work

sexual violence

american regional

wilderness

18th–19th century

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9