The Cube

The Cube

1969 · 53 min · EN · 7.1 (30 votes)
Dir. Jim Henson · Starring Richard Schaal, Hugh Webster, Rex Sevenoaks, Jack Van Evera, John Granik, Guy Sanvido · Music Walter E. Sear
DramaTV MovieHorror

An unnamed character is trapped in a cubical white room where others can enter and leave, but which he himself apparently cannot leave. A stool is brought in covered in strawberry jam, the furniture changes throughout the play. The main character is subjected to an increasingly puzzling and frustrating series of encounters, as a variety of people come through various hidden doors. But, as many remind him, he can only leave through his own door, so he must find it.

VIBE

A stark, unsettling descent into a surreal, inescapable space. It's a disorienting puzzle box that feels both deeply personal and universally alienating, leaving you questioning reality and your own perceived freedom.

absurdistdisorientingclaustrophobicunnervingslow-burnexperimentalminimalistarthousepsychologicalexistentialismconfinementidentityabsurdity
surrealismself identitycubeself awarewhite roomexperimental filmteleplaytrapped in a roomreality vs illusion