Relic fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, no humor.
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
Family, the mind, and everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, direction, and characters
Standout cinematography, score, and sound design
Tense and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Relic is tense and scary. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving and melancholic. Much of it is about family.
Serious throughout
Expect almost no humor.
Family, the mind, and everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around family, the mind, and everyday modern life. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, direction, and characters
The performances, direction, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography, score, and sound design
Look and sound: the cinematography, score, and sound design stand out.
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Everything Decays.
Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Relic is included with a subscription to Philo, AMC+, Shudder, and Sundance Now in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 71/100 (IMDb 6, Rotten Tomatoes 91%, and Metacritic 77). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
1 h 29 min
Relic runs 1 h 29 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Relic higher (84) than audiences (57). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes. It cost about $1 million to make and earned $3 million worldwide, 2.6 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in Australia, United States.
+26GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Relic in 40 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 14 storytelling tropes for Relic, including Alien Geometries, Allegory, Anti-Villain.
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