The Ninth Configuration

Name: The Ninth Configuration
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Released: 1980-02-29
Duration: 118 min
Cast: Stacy Keach, Tom Atkins, Stephen Powers, Linda Blatty, Hobby Gilman

How do you fight a war called madness?

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Release Date

2/29/1980

Runtime

118 mins

Genres

Horror Thriller Drama Mystery Comedy

Overview

Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.

Status

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Original Language

English

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A deeply strange, philosophically ambitious film that treats madness and trauma with both dark comedy and genuine compassion, unfolding in a gothic asylum where reality itself becomes negotiable. William Peter Blatty's singular vision lurches between the grotesque and the profound, demanding patience but rewarding it with something genuinely unlike anything else.