Tattoo

Tattoo

1981 · 103 min · EN · R · 5.0 (23 votes)
Dir. Bob Brooks · Starring Bruce Dern, Maud Adams, Leonard Frey, Frederikke Borge, John Getz, Peter Iacangelo · Music Barry De Vorzon

“Every great love leaves its mark.”

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Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo shoot, making the women look like they have large tattoos. As Kinsky grows more obsessed with Maddy, he becomes increasingly determined that Maddy should bear his "mark" -- forever.

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This film is a deeply unsettling descent into psychological obsession, where artistic passion curdles into a chilling fixation. It's a tense, dark exploration of control and the disturbing lengths one might go to leave an indelible mark, leaving viewers with a lingering sense of unease and dread.

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