Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield fingerprintRelentless energy, emotionally cool.
Terrifying and brutally violent
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime, the mind, and society
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Terrifying and brutally violent
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield is terrifying, brutally violent, and tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Emotionally, it's moving and melancholic.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Crime, the mind, and society
Its world is built around crime, the mind, and society.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 32/100 (IMDb 3.7). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence, nudity, sexual content, strong language, and disturbing imagery.
1 h 30 min
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield runs 1 h 30 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
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3.7
