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The Tattooist

The Tattooist

Evil in ink.

20075.11h 32m

Overview

American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he gets his first glimpse at the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo (tatau), and, in a thoughtless act, unwittingly unleashes a powerful angry spirit. In his devastating journey into Pacific mysticism, Jake must find a way to save his new love, Sina and recover his own soul.

Directed by Peter Burger
Written by Matthew Grainger, Jonathan King
Produced by James Dean
Box OfficeBudget: $3.0M0

Top Cast

Jason Behr

Jason Behr

Jake Sawyer

Mia Blake

Mia Blake

Sina

David Fane

David Fane

Mr. Va'a

Robbie Magasiva

Robbie Magasiva

Alipati

C

Caroline Cheong

Victoria

Michael Hurst

Michael Hurst

Crash

Nathaniel Lees

Nathaniel Lees

Mr. Perenese

Themes & Keywords

singaporenew zealandmysticevil spiritghosttattooingtattoo artistsamoatattoo shop

About The Tattooist

The Tattooist is a horror, thriller film released in 2007 exploring themes of singapore, new zealand, mystic, evil spirit, ghost, tattooing. Directed by Peter Burger, it stars Jason Behr, Mia Blake, David Fane. American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he gets his first glimpse at the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo (tatau), and, in a thoughtless act, unwittingly unleashes a powerful angry spirit. In his devastating journey into Pacific mysticism, Jake must find a way to save his new love, Sina and recover his own soul.

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