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The Puppet

2013 · 85 min

A slow, uneasy descent into someone else's delusions, blurring what is real until the tension feels claustrophobic.

Overview: A jaded psychiatrist sees a client who is having hallucinations. He uses hypnotism to seek answers into her dark past, but soon gets wrapped up in her delusions and starts to fall for her charms...
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, madness, deception, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
madness
deception
identity
memory
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild