The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch

Richard Burton is the man with the medusa touch... he has the power to create catastrophe.

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Release Date

4/13/1978

Runtime

109 mins

Overview

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A psychological thriller that peels back the fractured history of a man cursed with destructive telekinetic power, weaving together past and present as a detective pieces together the catastrophes that follow him. The film builds a mounting sense of doom around the question of whether his power is a gift, a curse, or a reflection of a twisted mind.

Mood

Dread-soakedParanoidUnsettlingBleak

Themes

PowerObsessionIsolationCorruption

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Graphic violence

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