Mental Illness
Movies with Mental Illness as a prevailing theme.
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- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsJoan CrawfordCliff RobertsonVera MilesA lonely middle-aged woman meets a younger man, but their relationship is threatened when the man's troubled past reveals itself.Joan Crawford plays a middle-aged woman who marries a younger man. The man turns out to have a serious mental problem, and she has to commit him. She's afraid that after he's cured he won't want her.
- DirectorJames P. LayStarsJackie KreislerShane ElliottJonathan BreckMeghan and Dylan are crossing the Nevada desert in an old car to visit her foster parents, and Meghan sees a little girl alone in the desert. They stop at the "Little A'Le'Inn" diner, a weird place decorated with alien motif, to eat a hamburger with milkshake and they have a conversation with the bartender Blake, who tells stories about UFOs. They leave the diner and they have to stop in the middle of nowhere due a car problem. Dylan faints and Meghan sees the little girl and ghost that tell her that they know who she is. Is Meghan losing her mind or are the weird events for real?
- DirectorKaren LamStarsKayleigh ShikanaiLucy RohatynchukLouise SeidelAn intense thriller about a lonely bookseller's obsessive love affair, and her protective best friend, who alone knows the horrible truth about her obsession.
- DirectorGavin WildingStarsCynthia PrestonAdrian PaulChristopher LloydA young journalist is assigned to work with a more experienced writer on a scandal paper. On an assignment to write about a mental hospital patient who supposedly can predict people's deaths, the younger reporter suddenly experiences a recurrence of lost feelings she had from a near-death experience years previous in an air crash.
- DirectorJordan MelamedStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittMichael BacallZooey DeschanelAfter attacking another player with a bat during baseball at school, Lyle's sent to the psych ward. He meets other teenagers with problems. Will group therapy help?
- DirectorAndrew CymekStarsWilliam B. DavisJohn Rhys-DaviesBrigitte KingsleyA group of people get trapped in an asylum with several dangerous patients, but one person in there is a serial killer responsible for the deaths of many children.
- DirectorRob SchmidtStarsEliza DushkuCary ElwesTimothy HuttonBased on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.a cop going thru the onset of schizophrenia is determined to catch a killer targeting young girls ” True story
- DirectorMark TonderaiStarsJennifer LawrenceElisabeth ShueMax ThieriotAfter moving with her mother to a small town, a teenager finds that an accident happened in the house at the end of the street. Things get more complicated when she befriends a boy. A double murder is not an accident.
- DirectorSimone NorthStarsGuy PearceMiranda OttoRuth BradleyThis is what every parent fears: their child not coming home when they're meant to. When the fifteen-year-old student, Rachel Barber, doesn't climb off the tram to meet her dad, Elizabeth, her mother, and Mike, her dad, bolt into action.
- DirectorMåns MårlindBjörn SteinStarsJulianne MooreJonathan Rhys MeyersJeffrey DeMunnA forensic psychiatrist discovers that all but one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
- DirectorDustin Dugas SchuetterStarsKeith DavidJaime MurrayDeborah Kara UngerIn a quiet southern town, several lives are changed forever when an isolated mute with a dark secret is admitted to a mental institution.
- DirectorBill CondonStarsEric StoltzJennifer Jason LeighJudith IveyTwo sisters turn their family mansion in Louisiana into a guest house. One of their guests is an aide to a congressman, and turns their lives inside out.
- DirectorAdam SimonStarsBill PullmanBill PaxtonBud CortIn a showdown of man versus machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation.Bill Pullman
dreams, hallucinations, then afterlife - DirectorStevan MenaStarsMichael BiehnAlexandra DaddarioBrett RickabyThe horrific account of 6 year old Martin Bristol, abducted from his backyard swing and forced to witness the brutal crimes of a deranged madman.
- DirectorMark Edwin RobinsonStarsKelly OvertonJames HavenJennette McCurdyA medical student is assigned to a psychiatric patient to discover the truth about a brutal murder, but he instead rants about danger in the outside world. The student dismisses his claims as paranoia - until someone begins.
- DirectorMartin KempStarsJane MarchAnna BreconJennifer MatterA writer struggling with her second novel is terrorised by a homicidal PA.
- DirectorWilliam ButlerStarsJoshua LeonardJordan LaddNatasha LyonneA young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.
- DirectorChris KentisLaura LauStarsElizabeth OlsenAdam TreseEric Sheffer StevensA girl is trapped inside her family's lakeside retreat and becomes unable to contact the outside world as supernatural forces haunt the house with mysterious energy and consequences.
- DirectorMichael AlmereydaStarsRachel O'RourkeLois SmithAlison ElliottAn alcoholic American couple travel to Ireland with their son so he can meet his grandmother but they walk in on their crazed uncle who is in the midst of reviving a centuries-old Druid witch.
- DirectorDavid OndaatjeStarsAlfred MolinaHope DavisShane WestA couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders.
- DirectorA.D. CalvoStarsBrendan FehrShirley KnightChad LindbergA depressed young man struggles to move on and escape haunting memories of his girlfriend, killed ten years ago in a train accident.
- DirectorJeff BuhlerStarsJesse MetcalfeKiele SanchezPeter StormareAfter he's institutionalized in order to cover for his sister, a young man encounters a doctor who is turning his patients into flesh-eating psychopaths.
- DirectorAnthony C. FerranteStarsTrish CorenRachel HarlandJilon VanOverThere are rumors that a long shut down and neglected hospital is haunted by the inhabitants that died there in a fire. Four college students are about to discover that the myths might just be true.
- DirectorNaoko TajimaStarsJack DiamondJulia DuvallVictoria Gilson"The 5th Mind" is a harrowing portrait of two siblings torn apart by a shared childhood experience. One sibling has completely blocked abuse, incest and madness. The other has created 5 minds to deal with the pain.
- DirectorDavid MunStarsRae OlivierChristian OliverMarietta MarichAfter a family tragedy in the chaotic city, Chris and Maggie Conley, in a last-ditch effort to save their dying marriage, purchase an isolated home in the deepest woods, to which they quickly discover evil has a key.
- DirectorSwamy M. KandanStarsJonathan BennettAli FaulknerRichard RiehleTwo strangers research a mysterious outbreak of mass hysteria in a small village.
- DirectorFranck KhalfounStarsElijah WoodNora ArnezederAmerica OlivoAs he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
- DirectorChristian BiscegliaAscanio MalgariniStarsHarriet MacMasters-GreenSabrina Jolie PerezJarreth J. MerzA single mother moves into a new house with her daughter. Soon after the young girl has her first baby tooth fall off, she begins to recount that she is having nocturnal visits by a tooth fairy. It seems the house has a sinister history.
- DirectorCharles de LauzirikaStarsJosh LawsonEmma LungRon PerlmanA downtrodden photographer, haunted by the urban violence and decay around him, retreats into an inner world of dark fantasies.
- DirectorAriel VromenStarsMarisa TomeiHannah MarksGuy CamilleriDanika's fears for her children are manifested in premonitions of death and disaster.
- DirectorTom McLoughlinStarsValerie BertinelliStephen CaffreyGraham BeckelNewlywed Laurie Wade's marriage and eventually her whole life shatters because of her deep-rooted psychotic behavior. She goes from brief "short circuits" to overtly murderous behavior. The film never tries to explain the cause of her mental collapse, except for a hint or two, but instead takes us into her frightening state of mind.
- DirectorRussell Leigh SharmanStarsNicole BeharieChristopher J. DomigThree months ago, Piper met Mollie online. And Mollie changed everything. Now a knock at the door. John Sharp. Mollie's brother. He was sent to talk Piper out of the thing's she's threatening. But neither may be who they claim to be.
- DirectorGillies MacKinnonStarsJonathan PryceJames WilbyJonny Lee MillerBased on Pat Barker's novel of the same name, "Regeneration" tells the story of soldiers of World War One sent to an asylum for emotional troubles. Two of those soldiers are England's most important WW1 poets.
- DirectorLaura DernBryce Dallas HowardBonnie HuntStarsJennifer HudsonSarah HylandMelissa LeoLike its first breast cancer-themed installment, Call Me Crazy aka Five 2/Five More will feature five short films featuring A-list talent both in front and behind the camera. The sequel will address mental illness. Directors include Laura Dern, Bonnie Hunt, Ashley Judd and Bryce Dallas Howard.
- DirectorPaul LederStarsBernard WhiteMarilyn HassettDick SargentA young man driven to insanity by his corrupt uncle breaks out of a mental hospital, and proceeds to kill his way through in order to save his 9-year-old cousin from her corrupt family and avenge his father's killing.
- DirectorChristopher Saint BoothPhilip Adrian BoothStarsChristopher Saint BoothRosemary Ellen GuileyJohn ZaffisBased on the True Story, The Watseka Wonder, America's first documented possession in 1870. A chilling story of a 13-year-old girl from the small town of Watseka, Illinois who became possessed by spirits of the insane dead.
- DirectorFilip TegstedtStarsThomas HedengranPeter StormareTintin AnderzonAfter the death of his beloved wife a man begins to fall apart mentally, having dreadful nightmares and finding his family and career affected. As time goes on, he begins to rapidly slip away.
- DirectorJohn McNaughtonStarsMichael RookerTracy ArnoldTom TowlesArriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsVincent PriceLynn BariFrank LatimoreA psychologically distraught woman is committed to a private sanitarium by the man she witnessed commit a murder.
- DirectorRoman KarpynecStarsCharles Berkeley BellJason Blake BryantRoger BurgessThis documentary is about six teenagers who killed an entire family of Jehovah's Witness
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsCasey AffleckKate HudsonJessica AlbaA West Texas Deputy Sheriff is slowly unmasked as a psychotic killer.Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba
Sociopath cop becomes Serial Killer - DirectorTom ElkinsStarsAbigail SpencerChad Michael MurrayKatee SackhoffA young family moves into a historic house in Georgia and learns that they're not the house's only inhabitants. They find themselves in the presence of a secret rising from underground that threatens to bring down anyone in its path.
- DirectorJohn HoughStarsPatsy KensitPatrick MuldoonAmy LocaneA psychiatric patient terrorizes her psychiatrist, whom she believes is the reincarnation of Jack the Ripper.
- DirectorCarles TorrensStarsKai LennoxGia MantegnaMichael O'KeefeA team of parapsychologists try to figure out a strange phenomenon occurring in an apartment building.
- DirectorWilliam HerbertStarsLaurie WaltersJoe SpanoEdna MacAfeeA college girl meets a reporter, they take a trip to the country, and they wind up meeting a creepy old woman who lives in a closed-down resort.
- DirectorRick RosenthalStarsJamie Lee CurtisDonald PleasenceCharles CyphersWhile Dr. Loomis hunts for Michael Myers, a traumatized Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, and The Shape is not far behind her.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsRupert DaviesSheila KeithDeborah FairfaxAfter escaping a death sentence for her hideous crimes, a seemingly rehabilitated woman settles in an isolated farmhouse with her husband, only to ache, once more, for blood, and a crash-course in surgery. Is, indeed, her old self back?
- DirectorNigel HartwellStarsJessica BrantAnthony CorteseLana HartwellA Documentary crew entered an asylum to shoot a documentary on the place on Halloween night 2004. Several mysterious things occurred throughout the night leading up to a missing crew member the following morning.
- DirectorAntony De GennaroStarsAlan SutherlandBen AndrewsLarry LavertyA descent into the nether world of the psyche. We see a step by step metamorphosis of a tortured soul. The war between good and evil in his mind propels him into an Inferno of his own making.
- StarsRip TornEmilie Jo TisdaleMegan Gallacher"Ghost Stories" was a supernatural anthology series, hosted by Rip Torn, with each story featuring a different chilling tale.
- DirectorElizabeth KnightStarsJoe BreckerLouis FasanaroPauline Preston"American Horror Story is giving 'Asylum' to a few intrepid AHS fans. We will test your sanity as you undergo a series of psychological test at the dead of night. The experiments will be conducted at an old asylum in the rural northeast. The Asylum has stood for a long time - it's sordid history relegated to the cemetery in the woods nearby.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel CraigRachel WeiszNaomi WattsSoon after moving into their seemingly idyllic new home, a family learns of a brutal crime committed against former residents of the dwelling.
- DirectorAxelle CarolynStarsAnna WaltonTom WisdomTanya MyersWidowed Audrey retreats to an isolated Welsh cabin after a failed suicide attempt, to recuperate. Still haunted by the tragic death of her husband and struggling with her psychosis, she begins to hear strange noises.
- DirectorTyler OliverStarsCarly SchroederCody LinleyBrie Gabrielle"Do you remember me?" A childhood game turns terrifyingly real for a group of high schoolers celebrating graduation. After a hide and seek like game in a cemetery, the players begin to disappear one by one.
- DirectorCompton BennettStarsJames MasonAnn ToddHerbert LomA concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
- DirectorP.J. WoodsideStarsBrittney SaylorBill JohnsonP.J. WoodsideA woman with increasingly disturbing and violent dreams consults a famous sleep therapist known for his controversial treatments. Her experience plummets her into the dark, twisted depths of her subconscious, grasping for her sanity.
- StarsErik ThompsonGary WrightTerry TurchieCrimes of the Century examines the case of "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski a serial bomber and former math professor who targeted college campuses and airlines for nearly two decades. After his anti-Technological Manifesto is published, police arrest him in has Montana cabin after a tip from his brother.
- DirectorRustam BranamanStarsEric RobertsVanessa EviganRichard RiehleProfessor John Sola (Eric Roberts) wants to do a human experiment about authority. When his subjects start dying one by one, he learns that somebody else wants to do a project about Solitude.
- CreatorGraham YostStarsJeff GoldblumMatt CravenNicole SullivanA brilliant police detective has a unique gift - he can revive victims in his mind.
- DirectorMichael LanderStarsCillian MurphyElliot PageSusan SarandonA train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's bank clerk.
- DirectorBarbara StepanskyStarsMelora WaltersWilliam MapotherJohanna BraddyA recently widowed family is forced to move into their uncle's salvage yard, and soon after the arrival of a mysterious foster child, a family secret starts to threaten their lives.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsAnnette BeningRobert Downey Jr.Katie SagonaA suburban housewife learns that she has a dreamworld connection to a serial murderer, and must stop him from killing again.Robert Downy, Jr.
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsKate BeckinsaleJim SturgessDavid ThewlisAn Oxford graduate takes up a job in a mental asylum, only to discover that the "revolutionary" new treatments are inhumane, and that there is more going on than meets the eye.Kate Beckinsale, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine,
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsKaren GillanBrenton ThwaitesKatee SackhoffA recently released inmate from a mental asylum learns from his sister that the murders he was convicted of committing were actually orchestrated by a supernatural entity, the Lasser Glass mirror.
- DirectorJohn Michael WilliamsYoung people in Bridgend, South Wales die by hanging. Authorities struggle to explain connections between victims - friends, neighbors, cousins. Film examines lives and deaths through interviews, seeking explanations for the tragic events.
- DirectorYoussef DelaraVictor TeranStarsJake HoffmanThomas DekkerScott BakulaA reclusive American composer with an online following has a tentative romance with a beautiful social worker. This offers a glimmer of hope, but his mind fractures as the voices in his head grow louder and more destructive.
- DirectorJean-Baptiste AndreaFabrice CanepaStarsRay WiseLin ShayeMick CainChristmas Eve. On his way to his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsEdward G. RobinsonLon McCallisterJudith AndersonAn old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
- DirectorVíctor MatellanoStarsJimmy ShawJack TaylorGeraldine ChaplinYoung journalist Mike gets an assignment to spend one whole evening in a spooky wax museum. Initially believing to be alone inside the place, Mike eventually finds himself being terrorized by the malevolent presence of sadistic cannibal surgeon Dr. Knox.
- DirectorKarl MuellerStarsJon FosterSarah JonesMark StegerA young couple moves to the woods and soon finds their nightmares and reality colliding.
- DirectorRichard GabaiStarsLacey ChabertEthan EmbryAmanda SchullA talented artist is haunted by the presence of a childhood imaginary friend, and her psychiatrist husband wants to have her committed to a mental institution.
- DirectorYam LaranasStarsCarmina VillaroelRhian RamosTJ TrinidadA 12 year old cold case is reopened when three teens are missing in an old abandoned road where a gruesome murder is left undiscovered for three decades.
- DirectorNadia TassStarsBilly MillerAmber ClaytonGary SweetA man is accused of drowning his wife during their scuba diving trip at Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
- DirectorJoycelyn EngleArno MalaroneStarsJulianne MichelleSteven BauerJohn Savage"Awakened" is a psychological drama/mystery thriller about a young woman who returns home to unravel the mysteries behind her mother's untimely death 14 years before.
- StarsJohn BloomWes CravenHoney GregoryWhile hosting "Wes Craven's New Nightmare," Joe Bob Briggs interviews writer/director Craven.
- DirectorDavid MackenzieStarsNatasha RichardsonSean HarrisMarton CsokasA woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty of the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
- DirectorPatrick BriceStarsKatie AseltonPatrick BriceMark DuplassA young videographer answers an online ad for a one-day job in a remote town to record the last messages of a dying man. When he notices the man's odd behavior, he starts to question his intentions.
- DirectorMarcus NispelStarsStephen LangKevin ChapmanKelly BlatzA group of teenagers accidentally release an evil spirit that starts to possess them one by one.
- DirectorJohn SuitsStarsKatie CassidyGarret DillahuntMichelle TrachtenbergA young woman is facing her destructive multiple personalities using an experimental new procedure known as "The Siamese Burn."
- DirectorJuan Carlos FresnadilloStarsClive OwenCarice van HoutenIzán CorcheroTwo children living in different countries are visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.
- DirectorDon ManciniStarsChantal QuesnelleFiona DourifJordan GavarisAfter her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to recent bloodshed and chaos.
- DirectorTim McCannStarsNick KrauseTodd McLarenSam TrammellA bullied high school student starts having visions of a rabbit that he killed when he was a kid, soon putting him in a state where his imagination threatens to cause him to carry out violent acts.
- DirectorJames SealeStarsRobert PatrickKarl BuryTom PosterA private investigator, mentally disturbed by his father's suicide, goes undercover in a mental institution to discover the murderer of a friend who was a doctor at the clinic.
- DirectorJonathan ZarantonelloStarsBarbara SteeleRay WiseErica LeerhsenA reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly innocent youngster.
- DirectorJordan BarkerStarsMartin DonovanGina GallegoSakis RouvasHaunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds himself at the mercy of a charismatic killer and plagued by his involvement in the city's recent murders. As Abner's new found protégé, Richard is forced to adopt the mind of his sociopathic mentor in order to protect the one he loves. Richard must decide if he's willing to kill in order to keep his daughter alive.
- DirectorConnie StevensStarsMichael BiehnTatum O'NealPenelope Ann MillerIn a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
- DirectorRichard GrayStarsJoseph CrossBriana EviganRafi GavronA group of young friends make an incomprehensible discovery in an abandoned mine, but the more they try to change the future, the more they seal their fate.
- DirectorJonathan LiebesmanStarsChaney KleyEmma Caulfield FordAntony BurrowsA vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.
- DirectorScott L. FlynnStarsPatrick BauchauJack ConleyJohn AylwardObsessive manhunt to identify and capture a despicable serial killer.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsGail O'GradyWilliam R. MosesMariana KlavenoA family hires live-in nanny Abby Reed whose obsession with the father becomes increasingly dangerous when she decides to take his wife's place in the family.
- DirectorNicholas David BrandtLisa HamilStarsHallee HirshAustin RogersLinda HamiltonTrapped overnight by an unknown assailant, a babysitter struggles to stay safe. As the hours tick by, she realizes that the greatest threat might be from the very children she's trying to protect.
- DirectorJon KeeyesStarsPresley MoneyIan SinclairErica LeerhsenIn 1885, a female doctor helping a group of people with their phobias becomes embroiled in a murder mystery surrounding a patient that may or may not be a vampire.
- DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich FeherHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
- DirectorBarbara KoppleStarsStephen CrismanDree HemingwayJack Hemingway'Running from Crazy' is a documentary examining the personal journey of model and actress Mariel Hemingway, the great granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, as she strives for a greater understanding of her family history of suicide and mental illness. Through stunning archival footage of the three Hemingway sisters and intimate verite moments with Mariel herself, the film examines the remarkable though often heartbreaking Hemingway legacy. As Mariel comes to terms with the tragedies of her family's past that have shaped the course of her life, deeply hidden secrets are revealed and truths emerge. Through it all, Mariel finds a way to overcome a similar fate for herself and her daughters, brings awareness to an issue she's deeply passionate about, and discovers an inner strength and peace.The Hemmingways' legacy of mental illness and suicide
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsAmber HeardMamie GummerDanielle PanabakerAn institutionalized young woman becomes terrorized by a ghost.John Carpenter; a twisty, turny mystery of a girl in a mental institution
- DirectorDaniel de la VegaStarsLuis MachínRaúl TaiboViviana SacconeDante is a tailor who after losing his twin brother to death became phobic which prevents him from being in contact with death. Whenever he is in front of a dead body, he experiences a creepy feeling that makes him lose his mind.A tailor's identicial twin dies; he has necrofobia, and slowly goes insane, taking us with him! Really great actor! In Spanish
- DirectorAlex MelliStarsRyan ReyesNoel ThurmanAmanda BaumanA psychological thriller about three people caught in a web of deceit and lies. Everything is contained on the surface until a chance meeting triggers a series of tragic events that rips their worlds apart. As the truth unravels, their very survival is at stake.People lie, cheat, stop taking their meds, abuse their kids. The mentally ill are punished; the others live happily ever after. ”
- DirectorDavid S. GoyerStarsOdette AnnableGary OldmanCam GigandetA young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.Exorcism by Jewish/Christian leaders drives out a dybuk that targets twins from a certain family line
- DirectorPerry BlackshearStarsMacLeod AndrewsEvan DumouchelMargaret Ying DrakeSuspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.
- DirectorDerek FransonStarsVictoria BidewellTygh RunyanJane SowerbyA lonely young woman's desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin.A lonely young woman's desperate need for emotional and sexual companionship draws her into a surreal and ultimately destructive relationship with a shifting and whispering tattoo she has willed to life on her skin
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