The Kiss

The Kiss

Don't do it with your eyes closed.

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Release Date

10/14/1988

Runtime

101 mins

Overview

After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to infiltrate her and her father's lives.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

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Homepage

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A slow-boiling supernatural dread as a sinister aunt exploits a grieving teenager's vulnerability, using bloodline curse and possession to corrupt her world from within. The film trades jump scares for a creeping sense of violation and wrongness.

Mood

UnsettlingParanoidDread-soakedTense

Themes

FamilyIdentityCorruptionGrief

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceSexual contentBody horror

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