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I, Madman

I, Madman

Lose Yourself in a Good Book.

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Release Date

4/7/1989

Runtime

89 mins

Overview

A bookshop clerk starts seeing the disfigured killer from her favorite 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$151,203

Homepage

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A dizzying descent into horror where the boundary between fiction and reality collapses around a bookish woman haunted by a pulp novel villain who seems to be manifesting in her world. It's a meta-textual fever dream that toys with the power of stories to possess their readers.

Mood

UnsettlingParanoidDread-soaked

Themes

ObsessionArt and creationIsolation

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Stylized genreHigh-contrast

Structure

Nonlinear

Heads up

Graphic violenceBody horror
Jenny Wright

Jenny Wright

Virginia

Clayton Rohner

Clayton Rohner

Richard

Randall William Cook

Dr. Alan Kessler

Stephanie Hodge

Stephanie Hodge

Mona

Michelle Jordan

Colette

Vance Valencia

Vance Valencia

Sgt. Navarro

Mary Baldwin

Librarian

Raf Nazario

Lyle

Bob Frank

Hotel Manager

Bruce Wagner

Bruce Wagner

Pianist

Kevin Best

Kevin Best

Black Actor

Steven Memel

Lenny

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