Split Image

Split Image

Homeland has kidnapped Danny's mind. Only this man can steal it back...for $10,000 cash, no questions asked.

Directed by Ted Kotcheff

Produced by Orion Pictures, Polygram Pictures

1982111 min6.0 / 10

A tense family drama about cult indoctrination and deprogramming that explores the psychological battle for a young man's mind and soul.

An impressionable young man finds himself enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In an effort to bring him back to reality, the boy's parents hire a deprogrammer to kidnap him and return him to his family.

Questions people ask

  • Is Split Image sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Split Image scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Does Split Image end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Split Image violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Split Image easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

41/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity87

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise25

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love22

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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