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Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind

1978 · 84 min

A disorienting, nightmarish descent that blurs reality and fiction, unsettling and strangely hypnotic.

Directed by
José Mojica Marins
Genres
Horror, Fantasy
Starring
José Mojica Marins, Jorge Peres, Magda Miller
Overview
A psychiatric doctor driven to insanity by nightmare visions of Zé do Caixão trying to steal his wife is helped by colleagues who enlist creator José Mojica Marins to convince the patient that he does not exist.

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Directed by
José Mojica Marins
Genres
Horror, Fantasy
Starring
José Mojica Marins, Jorge Peres, Magda Miller
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • obsession
  • identity
  • isolation
  • fate
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour2
Realism4
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
horror, fantasy
Directed by
José Mojica Marins
Written by
José Mojica Marins, Rubens Francisco Lucchetti
Starring
José Mojica Marins, Jorge Peres, Magda Miller, Lirio Bertelli, Anadir Goe, João da Cruz, Alexa Brandwira, Valter Setembro
Cinematography
Giorgio Attili
Runtime
84 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
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