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Tell-Tale (2010)

Tell-Tale poster
Directed by
Michael Cuesta
Genre
drama film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
18
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 150 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man receives a heart transplant and begins experiencing strange urges and visions. He learns his donor was murdered and races to find the killer before he becomes the next victim.

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What happens

Tell-Tale is a 2009 science fiction horror film inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's 1843 short story "The Tell-Tale Heart". It is directed by Michael Cuesta and stars Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, and Brian Cox and is produced by Tony Scott and Ridley Scott. A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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