Piercing
2019·Horror·1h 22m
6.8
★
After kissing his wife and baby goodbye for a seemingly normal business trip, Reed checks himself into a hotel room to accomplish something he’s always dreamed of: the perfect murder. As his sinister plans unfold, he soon realizes he might be in over his head with a mysteriously unhinged call girl named Jackie.
Directed by Nicolas Pesce
hotel
prostitute
based on novel or book
diary
hallucination
surrealism
escort service
hospital
psychological thriller
married man
apartment
psychological horror
violence
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Cast
Christopher Abbott
Reed
Mia Wasikowska
Jackie
Laia Costa
Mona
Maria Dizzia
Chevonne
Marin Ireland
Reed's Mother
Wendell Pierce
The Doctor
Will Brill
The Bellhop
Olivia Bond
The Bunny Girl
Dakota Lustick
Young Reed
Crew
Nicolas Pesce
Director
Nicolas Pesce
Screenplay
Sofía Subercaseaux
Editor
Emilie Georges
Executive Producer
Sean Durkin
Executive Producer
Antonio Campos
Producer
Josh Mond
Producer
Schuyler Weiss
Producer
Eileen Weisinger
Stunt Double
Michael Fontaine
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Mike Marino
Prosthetic Designer
Jo Caron
Foley Artist
Popular Reviews
122 reviews
Mel
8.0★ · 04/19/26
I watched this not really knowing much about it. I dont even remember how I discovered it. At first, after reading some reviews beforehand(which I need to stop doing), I thought I probably would not like this and I felt this way for like the first 20 minutes of the film but then I unexpectedly grew to really like it. The story is about this guy, Reed who has a desire to commit the perfect murder which he has calculated extensively beforehand. He wants to murder an unsespecting escort, played by Mia Wasikowska, but she ends up out-freaking him. I wasn't aware this was a horror movie so the scene where she starts stabbing herself shook me to my core but I ended up really loving Jackie as a character. She has a manic pixie dream girl-esque energy about her but she subverts the 'victim' trope that she had in the begining and reveals her own complex, unconventional desires to Reed
I watched this not really knowing much about it. I dont even remember how I discovered it. At first, after reading some reviews beforehand(which I need to stop doing), I thought I probably would not like this and I felt this way for like the first 20 minutes of the film but then I unexpectedly grew to really like it. The story is about this guy, Reed who has a desire to commit the perfect murder which he has calculated extensively beforehand. He wants to murder an unsespecting escort, played by Mia Wasikowska, but she ends up out-freaking him. I wasn't aware this was a horror movie so the scene where she starts stabbing herself shook me to my core but I ended up really loving Jackie as a character. She has a manic pixie dream girl-esque energy about her but she subverts the 'victim' trope that she had in the begining and reveals her own complex, unconventional desires to Reed
RIO
4.0★ · 02/19/26
could have been better not a fan but yes girl
could have been better not a fan but yes girl
Bea
4.0★ · 12/20/25
some very boring parts
some very boring parts
Robbie
8.0★ · 10/13/25
31 nights of halloween
day 11: 🪡💄
Christopher Abbott really has to stop messing with these freaky ass girls who got the blonde bob and red lipstick on. Just kidding I need 10 more movies just like this ♥︎
day 11: 🪡💄
Christopher Abbott really has to stop messing with these freaky ass girls who got the blonde bob and red lipstick on. Just kidding I need 10 more movies just like this ♥︎
31 nights of halloween
day 11: 🪡💄
Christopher Abbott really has to stop messing with these freaky ass girls who got the blonde bob and red lipstick on. Just kidding I need 10 more movies just like this ♥︎
day 11: 🪡💄
Christopher Abbott really has to stop messing with these freaky ass girls who got the blonde bob and red lipstick on. Just kidding I need 10 more movies just like this ♥︎
Melika
4.0★ · 07/23/25
mogao je biti zanimljiv da ima ikakvu dubinu i sustinu, ovako je samo izdrkavanje i shock value
mogao je biti zanimljiv da ima ikakvu dubinu i sustinu, ovako je samo izdrkavanje i shock value