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Movie poster: Tattoo (1981)
🎬 Movie
1981 · 103 min Thriller Drama Horror
4.8 / 10 · TMDB

Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo shoot, making the women look like they have large tattoos. As Kinsky grows more obsessed with Maddy, he becomes increasingly determined that Maddy should bear his "mark" -- forever.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1981
Country Germany
Genre Thriller, Drama, Horror
Director Bob Brooks
Runtime 103 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.8/10 (20 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The film constructs its dread from the intimate, unsettling proximity of the artist's tools to human skin. It relies on the visceral contrast between creative expression and pathological fixation, exploring obsession as a destructive force that corrupts art itself.

What lingers after viewing is a profound unease about the permeability of boundaries and the dark potential of a single, twisted idea. The imagery of ink and flesh is hard to shake. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Bob Brooks

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Watch alone late at night, with minimal lighting. A must for psychological thriller enthusiasts.

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