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I, Madman

1989 · 89 min

A pulpy, atmospheric thriller that blurs fiction and reality, delivering stylish scares and a creeping sense of obsession.

Tagline
Lose Yourself in a Good Book.
Overview
A bookshop clerk starts seeing the disfigured killer from her favorite 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her.

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 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
  • death
  • identity
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour3
Realism5
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror, thriller
Directed by
Tibor Takács
Written by
David Chaskin
Starring
Jenny Wright, Clayton Rohner, Randall William Cook, Stephanie Hodge, Michelle Jordan, Vance Valencia, Mary Baldwin, Raf Nazario
Cinematography
Bryan England
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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