Movie

Let's Scare Jessica to Death

1971 · 89 min

A slow, unsettling descent into paranoia where reality and delusion blur, leaving you as uncertain as the heroine.

Tagline: Something is after Jessica. Something very cold, very wet...and very dead.
Overview: Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there. Jessica's terror and paranoia resurface as evil forces surround her.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Madness, isolation, parenthood, identity
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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
isolation
parenthood
identity
death
Places: countryside
single country house
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild