
Frailty(2002)
A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."


“If you feel like screaming... you definitely should.”
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

Matt Dillon
Jack

Bruno Ganz
Verge

Uma Thurman
Lady 1

Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Lady 2

Sofie Gråbøl
Lady 3

Riley Keough
Simple

Jeremy Davies
Al
Jack McKenzie
Sonny
Mathias Hjelm
Glenn

Ed Speleers
Ed - Police Officer 2
The House That Jack Built is a drama, horror, crime, thriller film released in 2018 exploring themes of van, sadism, psychopath, 1970s, child murder, architect. Directed by Lars von Trier, it stars Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman. Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
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