Movie

A Reflection of Fear

1972 · 89 min

A clammy, claustrophobic slow drift through a decaying house where something is quietly, deeply wrong.

Tagline: A cry in the night... A gasp in the dark...
Overview: A young girl lives with her mother and grandmother. One day her estranged father returns home with a female companion he introduces as his fiance. Soon the girl finds herself in the midst of strange goings-on, which evolve into a web of crime and murder.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, madness, isolation, family
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
madness
isolation
family
obsession
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild