The Reflecting Skin

(1990)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 228 votes

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror

Year: 1990

Runtime: 95 мин

Country: United Kingdom, Canada

Director: Philip Ridley

Cast: Вигго Мортенсен, Линдси Дункан, Jeremy Cooper, Sheila Moore, Дункан Фрайзер, Дэвид Лонгворт, Robert Koons, David Bloom, Evan Hall, Codie Lucas Wilbee

Plot

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.

A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of discouraging his brother from seeing her. He must deal with an abusive mother, a father with a charge of molestation, a band of youths creating havoc, and an unforgiving environment in general.