I Saw the TV Glow (2024) movie poster

I Saw the TV Glow

2024 ·1h 40m · ★ 6.1 (650)

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

Why it matters

Director

Jane Schoenbrun Jane Schoenbrun
3 horror films in catalog
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Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
0
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
57
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
17
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
99
Survival
17
Body HorrorComing of AgeIdentity

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

1990s2000s2010sarcadeasthmabarburied aliveescapismexistentialismfriendshipgay themegender dysphoriaguilthigh schoolhopefulhopelessindependent filmintimatelgbtlgbt teenliminal spacelonelinessloss of sense of realitymovie theaternonbinary directornostalgianostalgicobsessionplanetariumqueer horrorrepressionrunning awaysexualitysleepoversubconscioussuburbiasurrealismteenagertv show in filmvhs

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