2022 · 107 min · R

The Menu

Name: The Menu
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Released: 2022
Duration: 107 min
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult, Janet McTeer, Paul Adelstein

Directed by Mark Mylod · Comedy, Horror

The Menu (2022) is a Comedy film, directed by Mark Mylod set during the 2020s. It runs 107 minutes and is rated R.

A psychological horror, with a darkly comic and tense tone. Themes of obsession, class conflict, and revenge play out through single location / bottle.

Composer

Colin Stetson

Cinematography

Peter Deming

Cast

Anya Taylor-JoyRalph FiennesNicholas HoultJanet McTeerPaul AdelsteinRob YangAimee CarreroJohn Leguizamo

The world of this film

Setting

Island

When

2020s

Premise & themes

Premise

Psychological Horror

Themes

Obsession Class Conflict Revenge

Structure

Single Location / Bottle

Tone

Darkly ComicTenseSatirical

Shape

Protagonist

Female LedEnsemble

Pacing

Propulsive

Dialogue

Talky Dialogue Driven

Based on

Pure Fiction

1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Ohio — 1980s
Suburbandir. Wes Craven
1988
Akira
Near Future
Urbandir. Katsuhiro Otomo
2000
American Psycho
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Mary Harron
1987
Angel Heart
New York City · New Orleans — 1950s
Urbandir. Alan Parker
2018
Annihilation
Florida — Near Future
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland
2014
As Above, So Below
Paris · Iran — 2010s
Underground · Urbandir. John Erick Dowdle

The Menu

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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