Is The Grandmother sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 96% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Grandmother end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Grandmother scary?

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Grandmother easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Grandmother violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Grandmother

Name: The Grandmother
Genre: Animation, Horror
Released: 1970
Duration: 34 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Dorothy McGinnis, Virginia Maitland, Robert Chadwick, Richard White

To live is to die.

Directed by David Lynch

Produced by AFI

197034 min6.6 / 10

A deeply surreal, black-and-white animated nightmare about a child's desperate escape into grotesque fantasy, suffused with existential dread and the bleak tagline 'to live is to die.'

To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.

Clusters

Ambiguous Mental Breakdown Stories Art and Philosophy Movements Psychedelic Drug Culture

Genres

Animation Horror

Keywords

Surreal Surrealism Black And White

Questions people ask

Is The Grandmother sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.
Does The Grandmother end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is The Grandmother scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is The Grandmother easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Grandmother violent? 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.