Movie

Unhinged

1982 · 80 min

A slow, uneasy descent into a rain-soaked rural nightmare, with a lingering sense of dread and a shocking reveal.

Tagline: The Nightmare Begins When You Wake Up!
Overview: College students Terry, Nancy, and Gloria, on their way to a rock concert, crash their car in a torrential rainstorm, badly injuring one of them. Rescued from the car, they are provided with recuperation in a house occupied by a man-hating mother and her daughter…but all is not what it seems.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Madness, isolation, identity, family
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
isolation
identity
family
death
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: horror, mystery
Directed by: Don Gronquist
Written by: Don Gronquist, Reagan Ramsey
Starring: Laurel Munson, Janet Penner, Sara Ansley, Virginia Settle, Barbara Lusch, Bill Simmonds, John Morrison, Francine Molter
Music: Jon Newton
Cinematography: Richard Blakeslee
Runtime: 80 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English