---
category:
  - thriller
  - absurdism
  - horror
date: '2024-02-07'
description: surgeon's family cursed by dead patient's son—lanthimos adapting greek tragedy as suburban nightmare, colin farrell forced to sacrifice one child to save the others, retribution served with deadpan dialogue and unblinking cruelty.
director: Yorgos Lanthimos
id: killing-of-the-sacred-deer
modified: 2026-06-05 15:08:18 GMT-04:00
posters: '[[movies/posters/killing-of-the-sacred-deer.jpg]]'
rating: 7
status: to watch
studio: element pictures
tags:
  - thriller
  - absurdism
  - r/psychology
title: Killing of the Sacred Deer
year: 2017
created: '2024-02-07'
published: '2024-02-07'
pageLayout: default
slug: movies/Killing-Of-The-Sacred-Deer
permalink: https://aarnphm.xyz/movies/Killing-Of-The-Sacred-Deer.md
generator:
  quartz: v4.6.0
  hostedProvider: Cloudflare
  baseUrl: aarnphm.xyz
full: https://aarnphm.xyz/llms-full.txt
---