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Alias John Preston

1955 · 71 min

A quietly unsettling mystery that creeps under your skin as a charming stranger's dreams blur with reality.

Tagline: An Unusual Picture That Carries An Dynamic Wallop!
Overview: A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impression. Before long he has insinuated himself into local life, is married and is serving on the board of the local hospital. Everything seems to be going well for him until a newly appointed consultant psychiatrist shows up and starts asking some probing questions.
How it feels: Tense, eerie, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, memory, deception, guilt
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: identity
memory
deception
guilt
isolation
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild