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The Awakening of the Beast

1970 · 93 min

A disorienting plunge into madness and depravity, mixing documentary-like detachment with surreal, psychedelic horror.

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Overview: A psychiatrist experiments on four volunteers with LSD to examine '60s drug culture, soon unleashing an expert in depravity.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, absurd and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Madness, addiction, obsession, corruption
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence, gore and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
addiction
obsession
corruption
morality
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: mockumentary
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong