Daniel Isn't Real
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →A troubled college freshman resurrects his imaginary friend to help him cope with a violent trauma.
Our read · Daniel Isn't Real (2019) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · mystery entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Daniel Isn't Real
What watching it is actually like.
“You want stylish mental horror about a charismatic id hijacking reality.”
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The reading.
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