Piercing

Jan 3, 2019

1h 22m

★ 5.7

Practice doesn't always make perfect.

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Borderline Presents

Memento Films International

Paradise City

YL Pictures

Piercing Trailers

Cast

Reed

Christopher Abbott

Jackie

Mia Wasikowska

Mona

Laia Costa

Chevonne

Maria Dizzia

Reed's Mother

Marin Ireland

The Doctor

Wendell Pierce

The Bellhop

Will Brill

The Old Man

Paul Nazak

The Bunny Girl

Olivia Bond

Young Reed

Dakota Lustick

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