Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus

2018 · 77 min · EN · 5.8 (60 votes)
Dir. Edward A Palmer · Starring Ingvild Deila, Stuart Mortimer, Tom Lincoln

Seeing is Deceiving

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Ruby wakes from a bad dream to find herself in a real life nightmare. She's trapped in a basement, her legs are broken and she can't remember who she is or how she got there. Her kidnapper, Tom, tells her she will remain captive until she falls in love with him. Ruby is focused on trying to escape until Tom starts helping her to remember her past and she begins to question everything.

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This film traps you in a suffocating, psychological nightmare. It’s a deeply unsettling descent into a twisted relationship, where the lines between captor and captive blur, leaving you questioning reality itself.

claustrophobictenseunsettlingpsychologicaldisturbingslow-burnpsychological thrillercontained horrorcharacter-drivencaptivityidentitygaslightingtrauma
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