Cold Fish vs Mara
Cold Fish has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 5.7/10 for Mara). Mara is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 26m. Cold Fish is the older of the two (2011 against 2018). Both are crime, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cold Fish
Mara| Cold Fish | Mara | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 5.7/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2018 |
| Length | 2h 26m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | Crime, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Clive Tonge |
| Main cast | Denden, Tarō Suwa, Makoto Ashikawa, Tetsu Watanabe, Masaki Miura | Olga Kurylenko, Jacob Grodnik, Javier Botet, Rosie Fellner, Lance E. Nichols |
Synopsis
Cold Fish
Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata also runs a tropical fish shop and he and Shamoto soon become friendly. However Murata hides many dark secrets behind his friendly face.
Mara
Criminal psychologist Kate Fuller is assigned to the murder of a man who has seemingly been strangled in his sleep by his wife and the only witness is their eight-year-old daughter, Sophie. As Kate digs into the mystery of an ancient demon which kills people in their sleep, she experiences the same petrifying symptoms as all previous victims and spirals through a chilling nightmare to save herself and Sophie before she dares fall asleep again.