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Straw Dogs (2011)

★ 5.9 · 620 ratings on TMDB

Everyone has a breaking point.

Straw Dogs poster★ 5.9

A young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control.

DirectorRod Lurie
CastAlexander Skarsgård, Billy Lush, Dominic Purcell, James Marsden, James Woods, Kate Bosworth
GenresDrama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Straw Dogs keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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