Carnivorous mermaid sisters explore 1980s Poland. Criterion Collection Year 2015 Video Release 2017 10 10 Studio Criterion Collection Genre Horror MPAA Rating G Color Color Runtime 163 Animated Live Action Full Synopsis This genre defying horror musical mash up the bold debut of Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska follows a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters drawn ashore to explore life on land in an alternate 1980s Poland. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly auras make them overnight sensations as nightclub singers in the half glam, half decrepit world of Smoczynska's imagining. The director gives fierce teeth to her viscerally sensual, darkly feminist twist on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, in which the girls' bond is tested and their survival threatened after one sister falls for a human. A coming of age fairy tale with a catchy synth fueled soundtrack, outrageous song and dance numbers, and lavishly grimy sets, The Lure explores its themes of emerging female sexuality, exploitation, and the compromises of adulthood with savage energy and originality. Director Agnieszka Smoczynska Cast Agnieszka Smoczynska; Kinga Preis; Michalina Olszanska; Marta Mazurek; Jakub Gierszal; Andrzej Konopka; Zygmunt Malanowicz; Marcin Kowalczyk