Movie

Anguish

1987 · 88 min

A disorienting, slow-burning horror that blurs reality and fiction, leaving you unsettled and tense long after.

Tagline: The eyes of the city are mine.
Overview: An ophthalmologist's assistant with an unhealthy interest in human eyeballs goes on a killing spree to collect eyeballs for his overbearing mother's collection. Reality soon takes a bizarre turn, both for the characters and the audience.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Obsession, madness, violence, isolation
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 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: obsession
madness
violence
isolation
deception
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild