Is The Reflecting Skin 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.

Is The Reflecting Skin scary?

Yes, very. More frightening than 95% 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 Reflecting Skin 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 Reflecting Skin 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 Reflecting Skin violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 71% 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.

The Reflecting Skin

Name: The Reflecting Skin
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Released: 1990
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper, Sheila Moore, Duncan Fraser

Sometimes terrible things happen quite naturally.

Directed by Philip Ridley

Produced by BBC Film, Fugitive Features

199095 min6.7 / 10

A haunting, ambiguous meditation on childhood trauma and the corruption of innocence set against a bleak 1950s rural landscape where supernatural dread masks deeper horrors.

In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.

Clusters

Conspiracy Thrillers Unresolved Grief Stories Supernatural Horror Films Serial Killers And Assassins Rural Countryside Setting

Genres

Drama Thriller Horror

Keywords

Farm Radiation Widow Murder Cancer Rural Area Killer Nuclear Midwest Ex Soldier 1950s

Questions people ask

Is The Reflecting Skin sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.
Is The Reflecting Skin scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 95% of films.
Does The Reflecting Skin end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is The Reflecting Skin easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Reflecting Skin violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.

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.

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