Pittsburgh
It’s 1979, and the plane on which nine year old Mints is traveling – unaccompanied – gets rerouted to Pittsburgh, where she must spend one chaotic night with a boozy stewardess who abandons her to party with the pilot. Mints sets out to find a reliable adult in a world that seems to lack them.
Why it matters
A tense, atmospheric descent into 1970s urban dread, where childhood vulnerability meets the disorienting chaos of a city on the edge.
- A slow-burning, character-driven nightmare capturing the era’s grit and moral ambiguity.
- Mints’ desperate search for safety channels classic coming-of-age horror with a noir twist.
- Fans of ’70s-set psychological horror and grounded, mood-heavy storytelling will find much to admire.
- Practical details and period texture root the film in a lived-in reality, amplifying the creeping dread beneath the surface.
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Horror DNA
⚠ Limited data — scores are approximate
Gore 0
Slow Burn 17
Psychological 0
Supernatural 0
Creature 0
Disturbing 17
Fun Factor 17
Cerebral 43
Survival 0
