The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways. From TMDB
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60 of 135 · most liked firstI love you so much. Remember that (Please) when I'm laying in my grave, unable to tell you that I love you. Movie 🎥 : The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) Director: Yorgos Lanthimos ...here my heart is waiting for you... ...under the Beri tree (Indian jujube) 🌳 🌿 Photo by Kirpal 💌
unlabelledView post →A movie trivia game where a description encapsulates two unrelated movies. "Barry Keoghan is invited into a family and proceeds to destroy everyone" (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Saltburn) "Ryan Gosling has a problematic relationship with a doll" (Lars and the Real Girl, Barbie)
unlabelledView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Filmsky #Moviesky Finding Frances (2017) Queen Kathryn (1998) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) Resident Evil (2026)
unlabelledView post →Saltburn is my second favorite Barry Keoghan christmas movie right behind The Killing of a Sacred Deer
unlabelledView post →#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky The Lathe of Heaven: "A treat." The Killing of a Sacred Deer: "Nothing rings true in this film." New Life: "Sadly derivative despite its entertaining aspects." Before I Wake: "Creepy."
unlabelledView post →Such a twisted movie w/ beautiful cinematography and the best cast. I love watching this one. I love how this film was shot. I love how weird every single character is. Barry Keoghan is incredible in this. #filmsky My ★★★★★ review of The Killing of a Sacred Deer on @letterboxd: boxd.it/bI3Jvj
unlabelledView post →Tonight's film The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
unlabelledView post →Thirty-five minutes into The Killing of a Sacred Deer and I feel like I'm going to throw up from the way the movie is -.-
unlabelledView post →"The Killing of a Sacred Deer" is the one movie I just couldn't finish because it made me too uncomfortable. I do recommend that everyone watch the riotous Scandinavian comedy of manners "Speak No Evil."
unlabelledView post →That one is on my list! The movie I saw this year that deeply unsettled me was The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Weird stuff. I’ll try and watch this one soon!
unlabelledView post →Tonight's late movie is The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) 🍿
unlabelledView post →Yorgos Lanthimos' 2017 film, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, is a loose adaptation of Euripides' play, Iphigenia in Aulis (5th c. BCE). In both cases, an act of paternal hubris (Agamemnon, Steven Murphy) can only be redressed through child sacrifice. #WyrdWednesday #moviesky
unlabelledView post →"Fittingly, the artistic + allegorical integrity of these films entails the concomitant disintegration of Cincinnati." Cincinnati as generi-city: cinematic gentrification in Anomalisa, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Carol Kirk Boyle New Review of Film+Television Studies doi.org/10.1080/1740...
unlabelledView post →The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Amazing movie. Can't handle it a second time. Fuck Lanthimos. I love him.
unlabelledView post →Tonight I will watch The Killing of a Sacred Deer. This is my favorite Yorgos Lanthimos movie for better or for worse.
unlabelledView post →Last 4 watched: All of these were excellent. Tenebre is a rewatch. Still holds up. So much fun. The Killing of a Sacred Deer: Spent the last half of the movie saying "wtf". Broke my brain. But I love it. (Demon) Lo is a masterpiece. #Lastfourwatched #Letterboxd #Filmsky #HorrorCommunity
unlabelledView post →Been fortunate, I guess, in that I've always been able to find something redeeming in most films I see in the theater. Oh, except for The Killing of a Sacred Deer. I know that's a hot take but I can't stand that fucking movie. THAT should've been my answer. And I LOVE all of Yorgo's other movies.
unlabelledView post →Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, & one song you can't stand: Dulse 🤢 The Killing of a Sacred Deer Do They Know It’s Christmas? 😡
unlabelledView post →The Killing of a Sacred Deer Hunter (this would be the most depressing film ever made)
unlabelledView post →It’s still a children’s movie though it’s not The Killing of a Sacred Deer
unlabelledView post →just finished The Killing of a Sacred Deer. i have to say, i did not particularly like it. i'm sorry mr lanthimos, i really wanted to enjoy your movie, but it's just kinda boring
unlabelledView post →I didn’t finish The Killing of a Sacred Deer last night but I’m watching now. This movie is very creepy and very weird.
unlabelledView post →If you ever want to start a row, ask several film buffs what they think of THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER by Yorgos Lanthimos. You'll get a dozen opinions, all of them strongly worded.
unlabelledView post →Just as Blue Velvet is a movie about how North Carolina is a very, very bad place and you should not go there, it's also true that The Killing Of A Sacred Deer is about how Ohio is a very, very bad place, and you shouldn't go there, too
unlabelledView post →15 movies to get to know me Crash (Cronenberg) Alien Leaving Las Vegas Annette sex, lies, and videotape The Killing of a Sacred Deer Jurassic Park The Thing Amadeus Constantine The Man Who Fell to Earth Donnie Darko Iron Man Strange Circus In the Realm of the Senses
unlabelledView post →This week's episode of 2 Cents Critic is out! @justhappy2cu.bsky.social from @triplemmmpod.bsky.social is back to discuss The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the 2017 Yorgos Lanthimos movie that’s so grimly hilarious and yet so damn bizarrely unnerving. #moviereview podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
unlabelledView post →When I saw A24's initial promo stuff for "Death of a Unicorn" I just assumed the unicorn in question would be a metaphor or conceptual thing. Maybe not even mentioned in the text, a la "The Killing of a Sacred Deer." No. It seems to be a monster movie about a knife horse. Okay.
unlabelledView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Trolls Band Together (2023) The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) Trap (2024) 🎬📽️
unlabelledView post →The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a 2017 absurdist psychological horror thriller film directed and co-produced by Yorgos Lanthimos
unlabelledView post →What are your favorite inspirado film scores/soundtracks, friendos? In addition to The Witches of Eastwick, I adore Ex Machina, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Hook, Legends of the Fall, & Under the Skin. 🎶🥰
unlabelledView post →My bisexual panic watching him and Nicole Kidman in The Killing of a Sacred Deer lmao 🫣 fucked up movie but they're both so hot in it lmao Nicole Kidman is JACKED in it!!
unlabelledView post →74) The Killing Of A Sacred Deer (2017) ...I'm not paying for the next movie in the Children of the Corn series so this is the substitute, it's basically the same thing right? #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days
unlabelledView post →I’ve now seen every Yorgos Lanthimos-directed movie (excluding his first, which I was told to ignore). Here’s how I’d rank them: 1. Bugonia The Killing of a Sacred Deer Kinds of Kindness Poor Things The Lobster Dogtooth The Favourite Alps
unlabelledView post →The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Just constant unease from the very beginning and not in a fun horror movie sort of way
unlabelledView post →RABBIT TRAP is a new contemporary folk horror movie starring Dev Patel that has shades of Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! and Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Read our review of RABBIT TRAP here: theholofiles.com/2025/09/08/r...
unlabelledView post →I feel like the horror, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is hella underrated. That movie stuck with me a while after watching it.
unlabelledView post →#11 is another horrifying not-horror, The Killing of a Sacred Deer. You have to buy into it's absurd premise, but the film helps you with that and, once you do, it's absolutely excruciating as it ramps up the tension until you're at fever pitch. Vast metaphorical value to unpack on re-watches too
unlabelledView post →Tonight's movie: The Killing of a Sacred Deer. I hear a lot of people have opinions about this one, too.
unlabelledView post →Bugonia is a fantastic film! I’m a big Yorgos Lanthimos fan, I love The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Lobster. For me, Bugonia and Eddington are fantastic and make excellent statements on our modern American society. Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons really are great together! #hatm
unlabelledView post →Going to see Bugonia today and am unsure whether this will be a Lanthimos movie I love (Poor Things, The Favorite) or a Lanthimos movie I hate (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Lobster). I have dread in my soul.
unlabelledView post →Three core memories. Watching David Stratton: A Cinematic Life for the first time. Meeting him in person and chatting about The Killing Of A Sacred Deer. Seeing Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri at the Orpheum after David personally comped us tickets. RIP to a real one.
unlabelledView post →82) The Killing of a Sacred Deer 4/10 It has been a minute since I have genuinely HATED a movie the way I hate this one. Barry continues playing the creepiest little shits but everyone else sucks too, so...?
unlabelledView post →Next Wednesday! Join us for the new edition of Film and Philosophy at CEPPA. We will be watching and discussing The Killing of a Sacred Deer. All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/film-a...
unlabelledView post →Hey, yes it's an old film I love. The local cinema has a Nicole Kidman season and we saw The Killing Of A Sacred Deer. A very dark comedy which might not be for everyone. But I love it. #NotAloneTalk
unlabelledView post →About a year late, but I finally got around to watching Poor Things. I don't know why I was surprised by just how much I enjoyed it given my admiration of Dogtooth, The Favourite, The Killing of a Sacred Deer and The Lobster. Easily the best film of 2023 for me. #filmsky
unlabelledView post →The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos Review borrowingtape.com/latest-revie... #filmsky #movies #cinema #film
unlabelledView post →I’m a real 2.5-3 star andy, but I watched The Killing of a Sacred Deer and it’s the lowest rated film on my letterbox. I HATED it. such wasted potential from a talented cast and interesting concept
unlabelledView post →Just finished The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and what a well-made, haunting, claustrophobic movie.
unlabelledView post →The next movie on my list is The Killing of a Sacred Deer, but watching the trailers.....I think this one would seriously eff me up
unlabelledView post →Share a horror movie title that begins with the letter “K” 🎥 K is for… The Killing of a Sacred Deer 🖤
unlabelledView post →What's your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 90s - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me 00s - In The Mood For Love 10s - The Killing of a Sacred Deer 20s - The Beast
unlabelledView post →My ★★★★ review of The Killing of a Sacred Deer #filmsky
unlabelledView post →10) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) — I like Yorgos Lanthimos; he can do no wrong. This movie was acutely uncomfortable for me, I disliked it immensely on the first watch and immediately rewatched it. It is hypnotic, it is deeply unpleasant, it is flawed and I love it
unlabelledView post →I'll always respect Yorgos Lanthimos because The Killing of a Sacred Deer was the worst movie-watching experience I had since I watched Meet the Feebles with food poisoning when I was 19—and I admire that intensity of experience—but, I dunno man. I don't actually have any fun watching his stuff.
unlabelledView post →The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) How do you feel about this dark Yorgos Lanthimos film? Joining me to talk that film year next season: Matthew Anderson and Saleah Blancaflor #movies #filmsky
unlabelledView post →for my wip—i've described it as hannibal x jennifer's body before, so i'll add: PEARL x THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER x PARASITE the love interest would see it as HEATHERS (the movie, not the musical) fmc's freakiness is cute at first but then... not exactly silly goofy later full reasons tbd LOL
unlabelledView post →I've seen The Cat In The Hat, Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Disaster Movie, The Lorax, Man of Steel, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, The Cell, The Rise of Skywalker, The Killing of A Sacred Deer, Cool Cat Saves The Kids, and The Flash. Shawn's "will be the worst?" Try me.
unlabelledView post →Just saw there's a movie called Death of a Unicorn coming out? Was The Killing of a Sacred Deer not enough? Ffs
unlabelledView post →I watched The Killing of a Sacred Deer last night and it’s the most complicated, compelling, and unsettling film I’ve seen in a long while.
unlabelledView post →I was fooled by The Deer Hunter, not really A movie about hunting a deer; but I think I’ve got it this time with The Killing of A Sacred Deer
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