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The Reflecting Skin

1990 · 95 min

A haunting, dreamlike descent into a child's warped imagination, where beauty and horror intertwine under a pitiless sun.

Directed by
Philip Ridley
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Horror
Tagline
Sometimes terrible things happen quite naturally.
Overview
In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.

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Directed by
Philip Ridley
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Horror
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 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
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • death
  • grief
  • immigration
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour3
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, thriller, horror
Directed by
Philip Ridley
Written by
Philip Ridley
Starring
Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper, Sheila Moore, Duncan Fraser, David Longworth, Robert Koons, David Bloom
Music
Nick Bicât
Cinematography
Dick Pope
Runtime
95 min
Country
United Kingdom, Canada
Languages
English

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