Daniel Isn't Real

Daniel Isn't Real

Horror 2020 1 hr 36 min
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Childhood wonderment meets the horror of the adult world in 'Daniel Isn't Real', director Adam Egypt Mortimer's ('Some Kind of Hate') darkly twisted take on the "imaginary best friend" concept, critically acclaimed as "one of the year's most disturbing out-and-out horror films" (Kim Newman). Luke Nightingale, a lonely young boy with an emotionally unstable mother, invents a friend named Daniel who leads them both into a world of fantasy and imagination. After Daniel tricks Luke into doing something terrible, Luke is forced to banish him to the bottom of his subconscious. Twelve years later, Luke (Miles Robbins, 'Halloween 2018'), now a college freshman, brings Daniel (Patrick Schwarzenegger, 'Midnight Sun') back — and he now appears as a charming, manipulative young man with a terrifying secret agenda. Featuring star-making turns from a young cast, and co-starring Sasha Lane ('American Honey') and Mary Stuart Masterson ('Skin'), 'Daniel Isn't Real' is a visually stunning, thought-provoking exploration of mental illness, entitlement and childhood trauma, perfectly tailored for our troubled times, and one of the most unique and captivating independent horror movies of recent years.
Horror 2020 1 hr 36 min
Starring Patrick Schwarzenegger, Miles Robbins, Sasha Lane
Director Adam Egypt Mortimer

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Childhood wonderment meets the horror of the adult world in 'Daniel Isn't Real', director Adam Egypt Mortimer's ('Some Kind of Hate') darkly twisted take on the "imaginary best friend" concept, critically acclaimed as "one of the year's most disturbing out-and-out horror films" (Kim Newman). Luke Nightingale, a lonely young boy with an emotionally unstable mother, invents a friend named Daniel who leads them both into a world of fantasy and imagination. After Daniel tricks Luke into doing something terrible, Luke is forced to banish him to the bottom of his subconscious. Twelve years later, Luke (Miles Robbins, 'Halloween 2018'), now a college freshman, brings Daniel (Patrick Schwarzenegger, 'Midnight Sun') back — and he now appears as a charming, manipulative young man with a terrifying secret agenda. Featuring star-making turns from a young cast, and co-starring Sasha Lane ('American Honey') and Mary Stuart Masterson ('Skin'), 'Daniel Isn't Real' is a visually stunning, thought-provoking exploration of mental illness, entitlement and childhood trauma, perfectly tailored for our troubled times, and one of the most unique and captivating independent horror movies of recent years.

  • Average 7.1
  • Reviews 79
  • Fresh 65
  • Rotten 14

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Studio
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Genre
Horror
Released
2020
Run Time
1 hr 36 min
Rated
15

© 2019 SpectreVision / Ace Pictures

Languages

Primary
English (United States) (AAC, Dolby 5.1)
Additional
Danish (Subtitles), Finnish (Subtitles), Norwegian (Subtitles), Swedish (Subtitles)

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