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Gothika (2003)

R 11/21/2003 (US) Horror, Thriller, Mystery 1h 38m

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Because someone is dead doesn't mean they're gone.

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After a car crash, a criminal psychologist regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband—but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.

Mathieu Kassovitz

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Sebastian Gutierrez

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Halle Berry

Miranda Grey
Robert Downey Jr.

Pete Graham
Charles S. Dutton

Douglas Grey
John Carroll Lynch

Sheriff Ryan
Bernard Hill

Phil Parsons
Penélope Cruz

Chloe Sava
Dorian Harewood

Teddy Howard
Bronwen Mantel

Irene
Kathleen Mackey

Rachel Parsons
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A review by John Chard

60%

Written by John Chard on October 8, 2015

Time to wash away your sins.

Whilst hardly being a very good horror film, it's not exactly the stinker some would have you believe.

The problems with it are that it becomes overblown, after initially pulsing away as a very moody and atmospherically tight spooker, set to a superbly eerie asylum backdrop, it gets away from itself in the final third. The makers never quite grasp the concept of keeping the mystery aspects of the plot still cloaked in scary tints. Tech credits are dandy, though an impressive cast list are not asked to stretch themselves.

It's not ever overtly frightening a... read the rest.

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