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The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
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
160 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Lemmy, TMDB reviews, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 35 | 19 | 87 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| TMDB reviews * | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a 2017 drama thriller mystery film, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and Barry Keoghan.
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60 of 160 · 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 💌
positive · AI labelView 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)
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Filmsky #Moviesky Finding Frances (2017) Queen Kathryn (1998) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) Resident Evil (2026)
neutral · AI labelView post →Saltburn is my second favorite Barry Keoghan christmas movie right behind The Killing of a Sacred Deer
neutral · AI labelView 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."
negative · AI labelView 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
positive · AI labelView post →I did not enjoy The Killing Of A Sacred Deer. The music/ambience was not my cup of tea. It was very cliché and did not add to the creepiness of the movie. It would have been better with more/mostly silence I feel. It's used overabundantly and that cheapens any effect it might've had. Also it's kinda just shrieky. That's pretty sad because the movie is beautifully shot and spaghetti dude was pretty great.
negative · AI labelView post →Tonight's film The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
neutral · AI labelView 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 -.-
negative · AI labelView 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."
negative · AI labelView 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!
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's late movie is The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) 🍿
neutral · AI labelView 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
neutral · AI labelView post →10 Psychological Horror Films That Will Terrify You Long After They’re Over. >Psychological horror has a way of getting under viewers' skin. Some films have long-lasting effects that can't be shaken off for days and even weeks. With unnerving suspense and deeply disturbing plots, psychological horror can also feel like a mouse-and-cat chase between the director and the viewers. From Smile to Speak No Evil to Jacob's Ladder, some films have left fans truly terrified. >Some horror is external,…
neutral · AI labelView 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...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Amazing movie. Can't handle it a second time. Fuck Lanthimos. I love him.
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight I will watch The Killing of a Sacred Deer. This is my favorite Yorgos Lanthimos movie for better or for worse.
positive · AI labelView 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
positive · AI labelView 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.
negative · AI labelView 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? 😡
neutral · AI labelView post →The Killing of a Sacred Deer Hunter (this would be the most depressing film ever made)
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s still a children’s movie though it’s not The Killing of a Sacred Deer
neutral · AI labelView 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
negative · AI labelView post →Film library (1264): - Not including Documentaries, which is a separate library 12 Angry Men (1957) 1917 (2019) 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) 2010 (1984) 28 Days Later (2002) 28 Weeks Later (2007) 28 Years Later (2025) 28 Years Later - The Bone Temple (2026) 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) 300 (2007) A Beautiful Mind (2001) Absolutely Fabulous - The Movie (2016) Ace Ventura - Pet Detective (1994) Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls (1995) A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving…
neutral · AI labelView 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.
neutral · AI labelView 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.
neutral · AI labelView 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
neutral · AI labelView 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
neutral · AI labelView 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...
neutral · AI labelView 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.
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Trolls Band Together (2023) The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) Trap (2024) 🎬📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →The Best Overlooked Horror Movies You Must Stream in October. >Now that we're officially in October, horror fans are scouring all of their services to try to find the best movies that will help prepare themselves for Halloween. Between the number of horror services out there and the vastness of these libraries, many of which are underwhelming titles, it can be a bit tricky to find something a subscriber might not actually be familiar with that's worth investing time in. While a variety of…
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a SCARY movie title that begins with the letter K 🎥🖤 The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2017
neutral · AI labelView post →The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a 2017 absurdist psychological horror thriller film directed and co-produced by Yorgos Lanthimos
neutral · AI labelView 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. 🎶🥰
neutral · AI labelView post →I check reviews before watching stuff so there’s not a lot, but I remember going into Mad Max Fury Road blind and was blown away. The Killing of A Sacred Deer as well, but I was already aware of Yorgos and his style, I just didn’t know if the movie was good or not.
positive · AI labelView 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!!
neutral · AI labelView 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
negative · AI labelView post →- [The Killing of a Sacred Deer](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5715874/) which feels very inspired by Funny Games. - [Beau is Afraid](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13521006/) one of the most anxiety-inducing films I've ever seen. Might've just me though, the weirdness made me very uneasy. - [Be My Cat: A Film For Anne](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3176980/) which I recently found about and was surprised by how much I liked it. Someone already mentioned it, but _Man Bites Dog_ fits the category…
neutral · AI labelView 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
positive · AI labelView post →The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Just constant unease from the very beginning and not in a fun horror movie sort of way
negative · AI labelView 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...
neutral · AI labelView 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.
positive · AI labelView 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
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight's movie: The Killing of a Sacred Deer. I hear a lot of people have opinions about this one, too.
neutral · AI labelView post →And that's it for my Horror Movie Marathon. my favorite movies were Obsession, Nosferatu, Heretic, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer. I'm glad i did this 'cause it helped a lot this month
positive · AI labelView 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
positive · AI labelView 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.
neutral · AI labelView 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.
neutral · AI labelView 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...?
negative · AI labelView 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...
neutral · AI labelView 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
positive · AI labelView 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
positive · AI labelView post →The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos Review borrowingtape.com/latest-revie... #filmsky #movies #cinema #film
neutral · AI labelView 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
negative · AI labelView post →Just finished The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and what a well-made, haunting, claustrophobic movie.
positive · AI labelView post →One of my favorite movies in general is Lanthimos' The Lobster. I think it's brilliant, macabre and funny at the same time. Big recommendation. The Killing Of A Sacred Deer... Fascinating. I liked it too but it's more on the psycho-horror side of things. His last movie in cinemas was The Favorite iirc. Also plays in the Victorian era setting like this new work. I liked the movie but didn't make the same impression on me as the other two. His earlier works I can't give an opinion about as I…
positive · AI labelView 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
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a horror movie title that begins with the letter “K” 🎥 K is for… The Killing of a Sacred Deer 🖤
neutral · AI labelView 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
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