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Your new heart remembers its murder. Now it's beating you toward the killer.

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Tell-Tale (2009)

pulp noir fever dreammedical body horrordesperate man unraveling

Overview

Drama Horror Thriller Mystery

A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him.

Content warning

murder paranoia detective hospital flashback heart attack organ donation

Standout Aspects

Acting

Josh Lucas commits to full emotional breakdown beautifully.

Direction

Michael Cuesta brings Homeland tension to B-movie premise.

Best for:Solo: Late-night anxiety spiral with the lights off.·Date Night: If you both want to clutch each other in stress.

Heads up:Violence: Graphic heart surgery and repeated chest trauma imagery.·Emotional: Child in peril, parental grief central to plot.

Director

Michael Cuesta

ReleasedApr 24, 2009

Runtime1h 32m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensityhigh

Tonedark

Feelheavy

Budget$12M

Top Cast

Josh Lucas

Terry

Lena Headey

Elizabeth

Brian Cox

Van Doren

Bea Miller

Angela

Dallas Roberts

The Surgeon

Ulrich Thomsen

Lethe

Pablo Schreiber

Cochius

Jamie Harrold

Stanovich

Tom Riis Farrell

Legethon

Michael Kenneth Williams

Acherton

Tom Kemp

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Trivia

Loosely inspired by Poe's short story, but Cuesta pitched it as 'ER meets Memento.'

Insight

The rapid-fire editing during chest-pain sequences mirrors actual tachycardia symptoms—Cuesta's brother is a cardiologist.

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