Chills & Thrills
Horror and thrillers I've watched (started mid-2017; added in no particular order)
My rating levels:
1-3 Stars: Really Bad to Bad
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7-8 Stars: Really Good
9:10 Stars: Excellent
My rating levels:
1-3 Stars: Really Bad to Bad
4-6 Stars: Just OK to Liked It
7-8 Stars: Really Good
9:10 Stars: Excellent
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- DirectorZak HilditchStarsThomas JaneMolly ParkerDylan SchmidA simple yet proud farmer in the year 1922 conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to assist. But their actions have unintended consequences.
- DirectorDan TrachtenbergStarsJohn GoodmanMary Elizabeth WinsteadJohn Gallagher Jr.A young woman is held in an underground bunker by a man who insists that a hostile event has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable.
- DirectorSuzi EwingStarsKelly ReillyLuke EvansNoel ClarkeA man abducts a flower shop owner and holds her captive in a small, soundproof room in an effort to extract a dark secret from her past.
- DirectorJ.P. PierceStarsMichael DornRobert PicardoZack WardA group of ghost hunters filming a new reality show are in for the night of their lives when the death of one of their own seems to have awoken supernatural spirits.
- DirectorDav KaufmanStarsPaul CramChars BoninCarson LeeAs five underworld heavies settle in for an all night stay at an abandoned warehouse and former film studio, a series of bizarre and unsettling occurrences quickly lead them to believe they are not alone. It was supposed to be a simple night of babysitting a single hostage, but when a series of numbers began to appear on the walls things soon took a dark turn. Later, after the hostage escapes, the perplexed thugs not only learn that there is a rat in the ranks, but also discover the unsettling nature of the films that were shot in the warehouse. Now, as terror takes hold, the thieves are about to discover that they are being stalked from the shadows and that their odds of living to see daybreak are shrinking with each passing minute.
- DirectorDaniel StammStarsMark WebberDevon GrayeTom BowerA cryptic phone call sets off a dangerous game of risks for Elliot, a down-on-his-luck salesman. The game promises increasing rewards for completing 13 tasks, each more sinister than the last.
- DirectorRaymond WoodStarsHayley LovittJason MacDonaldTeddy ColeStudent filmmakers uncover occult rituals tied to an abandoned warehouse, then gradually realize the horror is closer than they think.Found Footage
- DirectorHunter JohnsonStarsHunter JohnsonDavid CoupeLara Jean Mummert-SullivanTwo filmmakers attempt to make the perfect sequel to "To Jennifer," but a dark secret threatens the lives of everyone involved. Jennifer, a beautiful actress, now has two options: become the heroine of the film, or face a brutal death.Found Footage
- DirectorKathleen BehunStarsMax HambletonWhitney Rose PynnMickey RiverThree filmmakers embark on a paranormal challenge by barricading themselves in a house so haunted, no one has been able to live in for more than 21 days.
- DirectorStephen Patrick KennyStarsRob James CapelMarwan AbbasJamie Burke12 strangers are held against their will as each of them must go along with the rules if they are to get the cure for a killer virus which infects them all.
- DirectorJason MillsStarsVladimir ZaricHans PotterMarisa CrockettAn AWOL soldier with PTSD goes into hiding. Along with his brother and a few friends they retreat into a rural farm area unaware that the outside world has stopped functioning. On their way back to civilization, his brother is attacked and bitten by an infected farmer. The brother quickly turns into a rabid animal and lives for exactly three hours. Realizing that they are in grave danger, they head back to the forest trying to outlive the legions of the infected.
- DirectorRandall ColeStarsNick StahlMia KirshnerDevon SawaA young couple find themselves in an unnerving situation with a mysterious stalker.Found Footage
- DirectorClay StaubStarsAmanda SchullShawn AshmoreMilo VentimigliaSeeking a missing woman in North Dakota, an FBI agent and a sheriff focus on her religious zealot husband but discover something far more sinister.
- DirectorJohannes RobertsStarsMandy MooreClaire HoltMatthew ModineTwo sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive.
- DirectorAllen KelloggStarsJennifer HoffmanAllen KelloggMeredith KochanOn April 30, 2010, six reality television show contestants spent seven nights in an abandoned and haunted asylum.
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsDane DeHaanJason IsaacsMia GothAn ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's treatments are not what they seem.
- DirectorAdam WingardStarsAJ BowenAmy SeimetzJoe SwanbergAn escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.
- DirectorDaniel MaldonadoStarsTom LaglederWillie BowenDennis CabasA man-made out-of-control swine flu virus turns infected humans into monsters. As it spreads, a group of uninfected survivors make life-or-death decisions before the Military bombs the area in an attempt to control the contagion.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsHeather LangenkampJohnny DeppRobert EnglundTeenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.
- DirectorJack SholderStarsRobert EnglundMark PattonKim MyersA teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.
- DirectorChuck RussellStarsHeather LangenkampRobert EnglundCraig WassonA psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsRobert EnglundRodney EastmanJohn BeckmanFreddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
- DirectorRusty NixonStarsDebs HowardPhilip GrangerBonnie HayA seventeen year old girl forms a co-dependent relationship with an artificial intelligence on her phone and goes on a murderous rampage.
- DirectorJeff ChamberlainStarsReiley McClendonAdam HendershottValerie C. WalkerFive school friends seek adventure on Halloween night in an abandoned, haunted mine, only to find to their horror that the ghostly rumors may be true as they fight for survival.
- DirectorEytan RockawayStarsJason PatricLouisa KrauseMark MargolisThe Confined is an intense and claustrophobic thriller that follows troubled Streak who, in a last-ditch effort at getting her life together, takes a job working nights as a security guard at an abandoned luxury apartment building.
- DirectorDarren Lynn BousmanStarsJessica LowndesJoe AndersonLin ShayeAn investigative reporter teams up with a police officer to solve the mystery of why a seemingly good man murdered her sister's family.
- DirectorYam LaranasStarsTippy Dos SantosMaritoni FernandezJustine PeñaA young woman is found unconscious in a city street - claims to be another person who was brutally murdered two months earlier - escapes from a psychiatric hospital in order to prove her identity and find the truth about her life, her death, and her murderer.
- DirectorDerek LeeClif ProwseStarsClif ProwseDerek LeeMichael GillTwo best friends see their trip of a lifetime take a dark turn when one of them is struck by a mysterious affliction. Now, in a foreign land, they race to uncover the source before it consumes him completely.
- DirectorJason StoddardStarsLeslie EasterbrookKane HodderJ.D. HartA story of incomprehensible abuse delivered by an explosively violent mother of four. Journey through the mind of a child that experiences a living hell, defined and defended by the twisted religious beliefs of her mother.
- DirectorAgnieszka Wojtowicz-VoslooStarsChristina RicciLiam NeesonJustin LongAfter a car accident, a young woman caught between life and death meets a funeral director who claims to have the gift of transitioning the dead into the afterlife.
- DirectorRico JohnsonStarsSonny BermudezJerry BoydLane ComptonSpring break for seven college students is derailed with one wrong turn. A flat tire on a deserted road leaves them stranded after dark with a meancing drifter who may or may not be trying to help.
- DirectorJulius RamsayStarsAlexandra EssoePerla Haney-JardineDylan McTeeTheir marriage was already in trouble. Then came the accident and bad decisions. Their troubles just got so much worse.
- DirectorSergio G. SánchezStarsGeorge MacKayAnya Taylor-JoyCharlie HeatonA young man and his three younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
- DirectorOrson OblowitzStarsAngela TrimburJanel ParrishJonathan HowardTwo young couples rent a Mojave desert luxury house for a weekend of fun and coke. The doorbell rings and the body count begins.
- DirectorRoxanne BenjaminStarsKarina FontesCasey AdamsEmily AlthausA park ranger spends the night guarding a potential crime scene on a remote mountain trail.
- DirectorRyan ByrneStarsM.J. DionneDylan CookRodney JR WilcoxA schizophrenic filmmaker, traumatized since childhood by the murder of his mother, writes and plots a retelling of his past staring a naive teenage girl and her friends while a creepy old man haunts them in the woods.
- DirectorDylan K. NarangStarsCaitlin StaseyMarkus TaylorLeah McKendrickThe paths of a desperate man and an imprisoned young woman cross unexpectedly in the den of a mysterious killer.
- DirectorJoe BegosStarsGraham SkipperJosh EthierVanessa LeighMark Fisher disappeared from his home in a brilliant flash of blue light almost 2 years ago. His friend Seth Hampton was the last to see him alive. Now a string of grisly, violent murders leads Seth to believe that Mark is back, and something evil is inside of him.
- DirectorKaare AndrewsStarsJessica LowndesJulianna GuillRyan DonowhoAfter a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends find themselves trapped in a deadly showdown with a supernatural force.
- DirectorSophia TakalStarsMackenzie DavisCaitlin FitzGeraldLawrence Michael LevineTwo women with differing degrees of success travel north from Los Angeles to Big Sur for a weekend vacation. Both see the trip as an opportunity to reconnect after years of competition and jealousy have driven a wedge between them.
- DirectorJames MoranStarsAlexandra BreckenridgeChristopher Rodriguez MarquetteJake McDormanA small town news team discovers a box of video tapes where a faceless figure dressed in a dark suit, haunts and torments a family... slowly driving them insane. Soon after, they realize that the "Operator" has begun to stalk them as well.
- DirectorMichael RutkowskiStarsSimona FuscoDonna SpanglerLuke Brandon FieldHorrific visions torment Taryn when she, her brother and college pals move into an infamous old house. Then, her bloody hallucinations become all too real.
- DirectorJohn RogersStarsWhitney AndersonYeniffer BehrensMauricio MendozaAn expert in paranormal Emily Strand takes her team on their last ghost hunt to explain the supernatural. She finds her team terrorized in one of Americas most haunted places. Escaping from the supernatural is their only chance to survive.
- DirectorMark PoloniaStarsMarie DeLorenzoJeff KirkendallJames CarolusA family must put faith in a mysterious priest when a demonic force, connected to a decades-old murders in their home, possesses their daughter.
- DirectorHenrique CoutoStarsJulia GomezJosh MillerAllison EganA group of college students go into the deep woods of the most haunted town in America to better understand fear - and they found it.
- DirectorFranck KhalfounStarsJennifer Jason LeighBella ThorneMckenna GraceA desperate single mother moves with her three children into the notorious, supposedly haunted, real-life Amityville house to try and use its dark powers to cure her comatose son. Things go horribly wrong.
- DirectorDanielle HarrisStarsChris MeyerJennifer Blanc-BiehnKamala JonesA group of friends get together for a murder mystery party, but things take a dark turn when one hijacks the evening and is out for blood.
- DirectorDerek ColeStarsStephen TwardokusLiesel KoppJon GaleWhen Paul, an unemployed writer, decides to rent and live in a house that's rumored to be haunted, he puts his life and his relationships in grave danger as he obsessively attempts to get the story that will finally make his career.
- DirectorSonny MallhiStarsRyan SimpkinsAnnika MarksKarina LogueA girl, Tess, is diagnosed with an identity disorder that may actually be channeling an evil, dead spirit inside of her.
- DirectorJorge DoradoStarsMark StrongTaissa FarmigaBrian CoxA man with the ability to enter people's memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsAnthony LaPagliaSamara LeeMiranda OttoTwelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
- DirectorWebster BatistaStarsHunter Alexes ParkerLara Jean Mummert-SullivanMason ParkerThe terrifying story of a family that experienced the biggest demonic possession after moving into a house plagued by malicious spirits.
- DirectorJonathan BlitsteinStarsJamie LawNate MillerLaura RamadeiA group of unprepared weekend hikers go missing while snowshoeing in the Catskill Mountains.
- DirectorEitan ReuvenStarsLarry ButchinsZach CohenSusanne GschwendtnerIn a post-apocalyptic future, a biological warfare program gone wrong leaves only four survivors defending themselves from "the infected" - mindless killers. As they struggle to survive and make sense of what is happening, they find another survivor, intent on revealing the truth.
- DirectorCody CalahanStarsMichelle MylettStephen BogaertJosette HalpertYears after having her newborn child stolen from her, Sam searches a world infested with infected users from the Social Redroom website. After befriending a young girl named Bean, Sam is captured and locked in a facility dedicated to finding a cure for the Redroom Virus. Trapped and tortured, Sam tries to escape the facility before an impending update on the Redroom site hits 100% and unleashes it's final phase of attack.
- DirectorCarles TorrensStarsKai LennoxGia MantegnaMichael O'KeefeA team of parapsychologists try to figure out a strange phenomenon occurring in an apartment building.
- DirectorPatrick ReaStarsFiona DourifKevin RyanJake BuseyAn adventurous woman with a secret from her husband insists the couple go camping to reconnect. Something in the woods wipes out a group of hunters nearby, preventing the couple from leaving their tent. Secrets and supernatural stories come to light, and they must determine if the real threat is inside or outside their enclosure.
- DirectorOren PeliStarsReid WarnerDarrin BraggBen RovnerThree young conspiracy theorists attempt to uncover the mysteries of Area 51, the government's secret location rumored to have hosted encounters with alien beings. What they find at this hidden facility exposes unimaginable secrets.
- DirectorJay WoelfelStarsNick BaldasareAmanda HowellRichard HatchAfter awakening in a mental asylum, a patient plans an escape to freedom, but finds an even more disturbing, supernatural world on the outside, one that threatens to keep him trapped in madness forever.
- DirectorDan T. HallStarsRan BurnsKarl J. NiemiecKendall HoyleAsylum reveals the final moments of several lost ghost hunters as they search for The Lady in White long rumored to haunt the tunnels of the abandoned mental institution. Salvaged footage reveals the ghost hunters last horrific moments.
- DirectorNicholas McCarthyStarsAshley RickardsNick EversmanMichael MasseeA real-estate agent finds herself caught up in something sinister when she has to sell a house with a dark past and meets the troubled teen who used to live there.
- DirectorMary LambertStarsElisabeth MossCatherine Mary StewartJohn SavageEmma and her family are unhappy after moving to her house; one day she went to the attic and found someone who looked like her and began haunting her.
- DirectorMichael S. OjedaStarsAmanda Adrienne SmithMarc Anthony SamuelRodney RowlandA deaf girl is brutalized by a murderous gang who are then hunted by her when the bloodthirsty spirit of an Apache warrior inhabits her lifeless body.
- DirectorJohnny KevorkianStarsSam GittinsNeerja NaikAbigail CruttendenA family's Christmas takes a strange turn when they awake to find themselves trapped inside and begin receiving mysterious instructions through the television.
- DirectorJ.S. WilsonStarsJames ZimbardiSkyler CalebJean SmartAfter the mysterious disappearance of their mother, estranged brothers reunite and discover an unknown supernatural force.
- DirectorEugene CuevasBrian R. ReedStarsGwendolyn EdwardsRob BoltinTerry BoyerWhen newspaper reporter Jacob Harker loses his job, he and his wife Haley must move into a small rental house owned by Webster Cain. As they move in, Jacob discovers a discarded audio recording of 1960s blues singer Carol James. Captivated by the voice on the recording, Jacob conducts an investigation into Carol James' life and death. Through his pursuit, Jacob becomes haunted by an evil spirit. While the spirit seductively persuades Jacob, drawing him deeper and deeper into its own malicious plot, the spirit attacks and terrorizes Haley, creating both fear and distrust in the Harker home. Haley recognizes her husband less each day. How can a marriage survive such an attack of deception and evil? Can the faith of one help restore the condition of another?
- DirectorTony E. ValenzuelaStarsRobert AdamsonJarrett SleeperAlex Frnka'The Axe Murders of Villisca' is a ghost story based on the house where the notorious and still unsolved 1912 axe murders took place. Three outcast teenagers break into the house in search of answers, but discover something far beyond their worst fears.
- DirectorHenrique CoutoStarsErin R. RyanMarylee OsborneJoni DurianYoung women start a babysitting business until one of their friends dies. Years later, they go their separate ways, but someone starts killing them one at a time on Halloween.
- DirectorMcGStarsJudah LewisSamara WeavingRobbie AmellWhen Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot baby sitter belongs to a satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
- DirectorNigel BachStarsNigel BachA man realizes something sinister lives inside his new home.
- DirectorPhilip GrangerStarsJimmy BreauEdna RojasTaylor HastingsThe Desmond has stood empty for years. With a history of fires, murders and madness not even squatters will go there. But now Johnny Craig, host of 'America's Most Haunted', is going to host a prime-time special there.
- DirectorJay DuplassMark DuplassStarsRoss PartridgeSteve ZissisGreta GerwigFour "actors" go to a cabin in the woods for the weekend to write a movie script. They talk about a relationship movie or a paper bag over the head movie. It starts with an anonymous baghead and slowly escalates.
- DirectorMartin-André YoungStarsMichael LuckettVanessa SmytheMatt BarkerFive teenagers frantically run for refuge down into a basement. They barricade themselves inside as they are being hunted down by an insane killer upstairs.
- DirectorJeremy GardnerStarsJeremy GardnerAdam CronheimNiels BolleThe personalities of two former baseball players clash as they traverse the rural back roads of a post-plague New England teeming with the undead.
- DirectorEric BlueStarsRae OlivierJon BriddellEric GoinsA group of hikers lost on the Appalachian Trail stumble across an ancient secret that threatens their survival.
- DirectorAbel VangBurlee VangStarsSaxon SharbinoMitchell EdwardsBrandon Soo HooFive friends are terrorized by a supernatural entity after downloading a mysterious app.
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsKate BosworthThomas JaneJacob TremblayA couple adopt an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.
- DirectorGreg McLeanStarsJohn Gallagher Jr.Tony GoldwynAdria ArjonaIn a twisted social experiment, eighty Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia, and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed.
- DirectorGlenn MillerStarsMarissa Lynne JohnsonLaura Alexandra RamosCat AlterThe Robertson County Sheriff's Department released found footage of what was thought at first to be a murder suicide, is now believed to be the return of a centuries old demon responsible for America's most famous paranormal event.
- DirectorEmilio PortesStarsTobin BellTate EllingtonJoaquín CosioAfter a personal tragedy, a police detective investigates a school massacre committed by a student - and another massacre. Are the 3 tragedies linked to demon possession?
- DirectorChris PeckoverStarsOlivia DeJongeLevi MillerEd OxenbouldOn a quiet suburban street, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from intruders, only to discover it's far from a normal home invasion.
- DirectorJackson StewartStarsGraham SkipperChase WilliamsonBrea GrantTwo estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store and find a VCR board game dubbed 'Beyond The Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance.
- DirectorA.T. WhiteStarsVirginia GardnerChristina MastersonEric BeecroftA unique, intimate portrayal of a girl grieving for the loss of her best friend, which just so happens to take place on the day the world ends.
- DirectorChad ArchibaldStarsElma BegovicAnnette WozniakDenise YuenWhile on her bachelorette party getaway, Casey, the bride to be, gets a seemingly harmless bite from an unknown insect. After the trip, Casey discovers that everything can change with a single bite.
- DirectorNick SzostakiwskyjStarsShane TwerdunMichael DicksonCarl ToftfeltAt a cold, desolate, northmost outpost in Canada, an archaeological discovery is made. A specialist arrives Nov. 1. Strange things happen. All contact with the outside world is down.
- DirectorRolfe KanefskyStarsAlex RinehartLin ShayeTiffany ShepisA young couple moves into their dream house, which quickly becomes a living nightmare upon discovering a demonic secret awaiting them perennially in the cellar - with unholy pleasures, fear feasting and a brute for all who cross its' path.
- DirectorOz PerkinsStarsEmma RobertsKiernan ShipkaLucy BoyntonTwo girls must battle a mysterious evil force when they get left behind at their boarding school over winter break.
- DirectorAdam WingardStarsJames Allen McCuneCallie HernandezCorbin ReidAfter discovering a video showing what he believes to be his vanished sister Heather, James and a group of friends head to the forest believed to be inhabited by the Blair Witch.
- DirectorDaniel MyrickEduardo SánchezStarsHeather DonahueMichael C. WilliamsJoshua LeonardThree film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
- DirectorTripp RhameStarsChelsey CrispRiley SmithMichael StegerIt seemed perfect - a new house, a new marriage, a child soon to be born. But when Sarah and Matt invite their friends to celebrate, the situation turns deadly as they enter a burned-out prison on a ghost hunt.
- DirectorKim BlancMarcel WalzStarsNatalie ScheetzChrista CampbellCaroline WilliamsComing back from her bachelor party in Las Vegas, Christine and her friends are driving through the hot desert of Nevada. But they are not alone - serial killer Max Seed is back and he brought the whole family.
- DirectorDan BerkRobert OlsenStarsHelen RogersAlexandra TurshenLauren MolinaA night out turns deadly when three girls break into a seemingly empty mansion.
- DirectorThomas DunnStarsErica DasherEmma DumontKyle JonesWhen a group of Americans travels to Russian Siberia to honor the memory of their murdered friend, they uncover a plot that threatens all their lives.
- DirectorAnthony C. FerranteStarsTrish CorenRachel HarlandJilon VanOverThere are rumors that a long shut down and neglected hospital is haunted by the inhabitants that died there in a fire. Four college students are about to discover that the myths might just be true.
- DirectorStephen KayStarsBarry WatsonEmily DeschanelLucy LawlessA young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has never stopped haunting him.
- DirectorJeff BetancourtStarsDanielle SavreMatt CohenChrissy CalhounA young woman attempts to cure her phobia of the boogeyman by checking herself into a mental health facility, only to realize too little too late that she is now helplessly trapped with her own greatest fear.
- DirectorGary JonesStarsErin CahillCharles HittingerMimi MichaelsWhen a college student witnesses the alleged suicide of her roommate, it sets into motion a series of horrific events that cause her to fear the supernatural entity. As she tries to convince the rest of her dorm that the Boogeyman does exist, the evil force grows stronger and her friends begin to pay the price. Now she must stop this ultimate evil before the entire campus falls prey.
- DirectorLouis MelvilleStarsRyan McParlandTom AinsleyIan VirgoThe story of five British soldiers trying to stay alive on the last night of the Afghan War, facing not just the Taliban, but also supernatural forces more terrifying than anything they've encountered before.
- DirectorAlexander BabaevStarsMargaret JudsonDevin GoodsellMichael JohnstonWith the help of her friends, Emily moves to a remote home to take better care of her brother, Zack who is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. But what they don't know is that the house kept a terrifying secret that will haunt them one by one.
- DirectorRichard SearsStarsJena MaloneDouglas SmithTed LevineThe mysterious disappearance of a young woman leads her boyfriend on a journey for truth and perhaps his own unknown reality in this dark, hypnotic mystery that transcends the limitations of traditional narrative.