Captivity
Captivity is a 2007 horror film of the "torture porn" subgenre, directed by Roland Joffé, written by Larry Cohen and Joseph Tura, and starring Elisha Cuthbert and Daniel Gillies. Considered an entry into a subgenre popularized by such film series as Hostel and Saw, the film centres on a young fashion model (Cuthbert) who is abducted and is psychologically tortured by unknown assailants.
Plot
Jennifer Tree is a rising fashion model. On an evening out alone, Jennifer is stalked and drugged. She wakes up in a cell containing personal items taken from her apartment. Jennifer is shown recordings of victims who were tortured in the same cell, as well as records of her interviews. She screams and pleads to be let go, but no one replies.
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author | Larry Cohen |
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director | Roland Joffé |
editor | Richard Nord |
events | serial killer |
genre | crime horror mystery thriller |
keywords | abduct baseball bat capture cold open drug even falling in love fashion model gunshot wound held captive kill knock out murder older brother pepper spray record sleep stab stalk young man |
musicBy | Marco Beltrami |
nomination | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director |
producer | Gary Mehlman Leonid Minkovski Mark Damon Sergei Konov |
publisher | Lionsgate |
recordedAt | Moscow Russia |
theme | independent mystery thriller serial killer snuff vigilante |