Dread vs Take Shelter
Take Shelter has the higher audience score (7/10 against 5.5/10 for Dread). Dread is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 2h . Dread is the older of the two (2009 against 2011). Both are drama, horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dread
Take Shelter| Dread | Take Shelter | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 2h |
| Genres | Drama, Horror, Thriller | Drama, Horror, Thriller |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Anthony DiBlasi | Jeff Nichols |
| Main cast | Shaun Evans, Laura Donnelly, Paloma Faith, Jackson Rathbone, Elissa Dowling | Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Kathy Baker, Jessica Chastain, Ray McKinnon |
Synopsis
Dread
Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out to secretly be a sadistic psychopath who uses this knowledge to gruesomely torture the subjects.
Take Shelter
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
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