2014 · thriller · supernatural
The Scribbler
Directed by John Suits1h 28m2014
Suki is a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using "The Siamese Burn," an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple personalities. The closer Suki comes to being "cured," she's haunted by a thought... what if the last unwanted identity turns out to be her?
Our read: The Scribbler (2014) reads as a sombre, kinetic, surreal thriller · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / supernatural, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- surreal
- cold
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