Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman star in this horror drama written and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Steven Murphy (Farrell) is a successful cardiac surgeon who lives a happy life with his ophthalmologist wife Anna (Kidman) and their two children Kim (Raffey Cassidy) and Bob (Sunny Suljic). However, his perfect life starts coming apart at the seams after he befriends 16-year-old Martin (Barry Keoghan). Steven spends much of his time hanging out alone with the teenager and also invites him round to his upper-class home to socialise with his kids. However, when Steven visits Martin and his mother (Alicia Silverstone) for dinner, the teenager's motives for their unusual friendship become clear and it transpires he's willing to go to great lengths to get what he wants, to the detriment of Steven and his family.

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The title, thankfully, is not a plot summary but a reference to the tale of Agamemnon, who killed a deer from Artemis' grove and was ordered to sacrifice his own daughter as a punishment. Even without that knowledge, you might be able to divine the story's mythological roots — not just because Lanthimos hails from Greece and has a regionally specific taste for tragedy, but also because his films often play like behavioral experiments devised by unfathomably cruel gods.

Excerpt from the LA Times located HERE

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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

There was an Lionsgate Blu-ray  of the film released in the US HERE, earlier this year. We don't own it to compare.

Curzon / Artificial Eye's Blu-ray is dual-layered and has a supportive bitrate and looks excellent. This new 1080P image is in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The overall image is as crisp and impressively as detailed in close-ups as you might expect from a modern film. It was shot on 35mm in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio. There may be a shade of blue-bias but colors, for the most part, appear true and it looks splendid in-motion.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer is an eerie, dark and even creepy tale filled with satirical dialogue and fascinating camerawork from Thimios Bakatakis. It defines itself with fine performances and Lanthimos' inventive, alternative manner of storytelling. The Blu-ray is a fabulous way to see this in your home theater, although a commentary would have been illuminating. Certainly recommended!