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cor contritum

cor contritum

2025
Documentary Family Romance
3 min
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The bliss of suburban life interrupted by non sensical violence led by an unknown and misunderstood extra-terrestrial life-form.

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director William Bartlett
Starring
William Bartlett

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

unsettling atmospheric ambiguous frustrating thought-provoking tense bleak psychological slowburn disjointed haunting allegorical

Reviews

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Priya Sharma
Feb 27, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

This film occupies a curious middle ground. Its atmospheric construction is undeniably skilled, conjuring a palpable sense of dread from ordinary settings. William Bartlett anchors the human element with credible distress. However, the central conceit of a deliberately…

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David Chen
Feb 27, 2026
4.5 / 5
4.5

A masterclass in psychological horror wearing a sci-fi skin. 'Cor Contritum' is profoundly effective because it weaponises incomprehensibility. The violence isn't grandiose; it's arbitrary and thus utterly terrifying. The anonymous direction is a bold, almost punk-rock statement, forcing…

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Chloe Fitzgerald
Feb 27, 2026
2.5 / 5
2.5

There is an intriguing premise at the core of 'Cor Contritum', but its execution feels frustratingly oblique. The commitment to an unexplained antagonist, while thematically sound, results in a narrative that lacks propulsion or stakes we can genuinely…

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Marcus Thorne
Feb 27, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

A sharp, unsettling puncture in the veneer of domestic bliss. 'Cor Contritum' understands that the true horror of the otherworldly is not the spectacle, but the erasure of meaning. The direction, though unattributed, is assured in its control…

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Eleanor Vance
Feb 27, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

'Cor Contritum' is an exercise in sustained, prickling anxiety. It forgoes the bombast of typical invasion cinema for a quieter, more insidious dread. William Bartlett delivers a compellingly restrained performance as a man watching his world unravel for…

FAQs

The title is Latin, translating directly to 'contrite heart' or 'broken spirit'. This provides a significant thematic clue, suggesting the film's focus is less on the external violence and more on the profound internal devastation it causes. The experience of the characters is one of spiritual and psychological shattering, a move from wholeness to a state of penitent or traumatised brokenness in the face of the incomprehensible.