If you loved The Shining, try Piercing

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Piercing has roughly 75.7× fewer votes than The Shining — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Shining

1980 · dir. Stanley Kubrick

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Piercing

2019 · dir. Nicolas Pesce

What they share

Theyboth carry the dread, paranoid mood tags, and they sit in Horror / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Shining, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Piercing is

Rainy city streets at night a lone suitcase wheel scraping pavement a hotel room key card. A man's meticulous murder plan intersects with a mysterious call girl. Nicolas Pesce's dark humor permeates this thriller.

If you loved The Shining, try Piercing

The Shining

Piercing

What they share

What Piercing is

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