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Confessions of an Opium Eater

1962 · 85 min

A dreamlike, uneasy descent into a shadowy underworld, carried by a theatrical lead performance and imagery that lingers like a fever.

Tagline: Take one daring step beyond the threshold of your own imagination.
Overview: Vincent Price stars in this early '60s adaptation of Thomas De Quincey's thriller about an opium addict trying to solve a mystery in San Francisco's Chinatown.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, campy and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Crime, power, identity, obsession
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
power
identity
obsession
justice
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild