The Reflecting Skin

The Reflecting Skin

Sometimes terrible things happen quite naturally.

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Release Date

8/28/1990

Runtime

95 mins

Overview

A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of discouraging his brother from seeing her.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$17,042

Homepage

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A haunting portrait of childhood delusion and rural devastation where a boy's vampire obsession masks something far darker and sadder about 1950s America. The film transforms small-town dread into a fever dream of innocence colliding with unspeakable loss.

Mood

UnsettlingMelancholicDread-soakedWistful

Themes

Coming of ageIsolationGriefMortalityMemory

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyHigh-contrastNaturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Body horrorChild endangermentSuicide and self-harm

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