The Yellow Wallpaper (2022) movie poster

The Yellow Wallpaper

2022 ·1h 40m · ★ 5.1 (14)

A dark and disturbing adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s controversial gothic feminist horror story about patriarchy and hysteria. Jane, a writer and young mother, is prescribed a rest treatment by her physician husband John, who takes her to a remote country estate for the summer. She becomes obsessed with the peculiar yellow wallpaper in the bedroom he has chosen for her. In her isolation, she secretly writes about a woman trapped in the wallpaper—that she must free.

Why it matters

Horror DNA

Gore
0
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
100
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
50
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
99
Survival
50

Content Warnings

Dehumanization

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

feministfeminist literaturepsychological thriller

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