Twixt
A washed-up horror novelist arrives in a sleepy town on a book tour, only to stumble into a string of eerie murders. Haunted by dreams of a ghostly girl named V and guided by the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe, he’s drawn into a nightmarish world where fiction and reality blur—and the story he’s chasing leads back to his own buried guilt.
Why it matters
A hallucinatory blend of literary gothic and surreal nightmare, where a haunted writer confronts his past amid a murder mystery that blurs dream and reality.
- Francis Ford Coppola’s idiosyncratic plunge into horror, mixing Edgar Allan Poe’s spirit with fever-dream visuals.
- Val Kilmer delivers a weary, world-worn performance that anchors the film’s fractured narrative.
- For fans of atmospheric, psychological horror that leans heavily on mood and symbolism over straightforward scares.
- Practical effects clash with a digital aesthetic that dates the film, but the unsettling imagery and literary nods reward patience.
Director
3 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
83
Psychological
100
Supernatural
40
Creature
18
Disturbing
17
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
85
Survival
0
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