Angel Heart

Angel Heart

It will scare you to your very soul.

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Release Date

3/6/1987

Runtime

113 mins

Overview

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$17,000,000

Revenue

$17,185,954

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A detective's search for a missing person spirals into a fever dream of supernatural horror and psychological unraveling, where every answer pulls him deeper into damnation. The film moves like a descent into hell itself, wrapping noir atmosphere and visceral body horror around an ending that rewrites everything you thought you understood.

Mood

Dread-soakedParanoidUnsettlingMelancholic

Themes

CorruptionObsessionIdentityMortality

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

DesaturatedPainterlyPractical effects

Structure

Framed flashback

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Graphic violenceSexual contentSexual violenceBody horror

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