Movie
1989
Dead Calm is a 1989 Australian horror thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, and Billy Zane. Adapted by screenwriter Terry Hayes from the 1963 novel of the same name by American writer Charles Williams, the plot focuses on a married couple, who come across a mysterious stranger abandoning a sinking ship while sailing in the Pacific Ocean.
↗ WikipediaShort comments left when logging a watch
No quick takes yet.
More from the same genre
Longform community posts about this title
No comments yet — be the first.
"Less is more" and "keep it simple, stupid" are principles that have almost disappeared from modern Hollywood. This is most obvious in modern thrillers, which almost exclusively rely on convoluted Byzantine plots, spectacular gimmicks or star power – all at the expense of traditional storytelling. On the other hand, thrillers that work are usually those that try to create suspense in the most simple ways possible, u…More
