Strait-Jacket

Strait-Jacket

WARNING! 'Strait-Jacket' vividly depicts ax murders!

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Release Date

1/19/1964

Runtime

93 mins

Overview

After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A taut psychological thriller that wrings maximum dread from the reunion between a woman released after two decades in an asylum and the daughter she abandoned. The film operates on creeping uncertainty, you're never quite sure if she's stable, if those around her are paranoid, or if something far darker is unfolding.

Mood

Dread-soakedParanoidUnsettlingMournful

Themes

FamilyBetrayalObsessionComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

High-contrastBlack and whiteFormalist

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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