The Reflecting Skin
1990 · TMDB 6.7
Directed by Philip Ridley
In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.
Why it matters
Philip Ridley's gothic coming-of-age story set in 1950s American Midwest, but with a distinctly European sensibility. A young boy's imagination turns his rural surroundings into a landscape of vampires and decay.
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Released
- 1990-08-28
- Studio
- BBC Film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.7
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