2006 · drama · horror · thriller
Danika
Directed by Ariel Vromen1h 19m2006
Traumatized since childhood by her brother's accidental death, Danika Merrick hallucinates a bank robbery and quits her job. Despite support from her three children and loving husband, Danika continues to experience unnerving visions. She seeks help from therapist Evelyn Harris but pervasive reports of violent incidents involving children make Danika fear for her own family, and she grows increasingly paranoid, worrying she may be going insane.
Our read: Danika (2006) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive drama · horror · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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