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The Reflecting Skin

1990·Movie
1h 35min·R
75
GreatGoodWatch score

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A , horror movie: , but gripping, .

Good for friends night · teens · thought-provoking

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Sometimes terrible things happen quite naturally.

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.
Rural Gothic HorrorComing-of-Age TragedyVisually StrikingUnsettling AtmosphereSmall-Town SecretsChildhood TraumaSymbolic ImageryPsychological DramaMelancholic Mood

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Where can I stream The Reflecting Skin?

In the United States, The Reflecting Skin streams on Metrograph, Midnight Pulp, Cineverse, and ARROW, and it is free with ads on The Roku, Kanopy, Hoopla, Pluto TV, Plex, Fawesome, and Tubi TV. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 3 other countries.

Is The Reflecting Skin worth watching?

75
GreatGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 75 (IMDb 6.7 and Rotten Tomatoes 81%). Critics rate it higher (81 out of 100) than audiences (71).

Will The Reflecting Skin scare me?

Not scaryTerrifying

At times: scares are rated 7 of 10.

Will I feel good after watching The Reflecting Skin?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 8 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.

What tropes does The Reflecting Skin use?

Dramatic DropMurder by InactionDysfunction JunctionSkyward ScreamAll Gays Are PedophilesSouthern GothicCaught with Your Pants DownDark and Troubled PastPolice Are UselessDissonant SerenityOne Dialogue, Two ConversationsNoodle Incidentand 15 more

TV Tropes lists 27 tropes for it, including Dramatic Drop, Murder by Inaction, and Dysfunction Junction.