Cruel and Unusual is a 2014 Canadian surrealistic thriller film written and directed by Merlin Dervisevic in his feature debut.

Starring David Richmond-Peck, Bernadette Saquibal, and Michelle Harrison, the film follows a man wrongly condemned for killing his wife, who finds himself in a mysterious institution where he is sentenced to relive her death for eternity.

In their bathroom, Edgar desperately attempts to save his unresponsive wife, Maylon, a Filipino immigrant.

Gogan briefly returns home but runs away after Edgar threatens to send him back to the Philippines to live with his father; Maylon chases after him.

When Gogan runs away, Maylon catches up with him, and they talk about Edgar's plan to send him back to the Philippines.

Still poisoned, Edgar is horrified when he realises that Maylon will now be a murderer and subject to his fate, as her death at his hands had previously redeemed her.

[1] The "hell" institution scenes were shot in the decommissioned Crease Clinic building at Riverview Hospital.

[2] Cruel and Unusual premiered at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival,[3] after which it received a distribution deal in Asia.

[2] Ken Eisner of The Georgia Straight wrote that it "certainly has some clever turns" but "lacks humour and tonal variety".

[5] Katherine Monk of The Vancouver Sun rated it 2.5/5 stars and called it a "well-executed, if somewhat drab, existential fairy tale".