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Mandy

2018 · 122 min · Fantasy / Action / Horror · TMDB 6.2

The short version:Nicolas Cage versus a cult, with a chainsaw duel. Psychedelic, slow, then cathartic revenge. A woman is burned alive.

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Scare profile

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Scary2
Not scaryExtreme
Dread3
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares1
NoneConstant
Disturbing3
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim3
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis

The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.

What is in it

Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.

Violence & gore

  • Graphic goreHeavyeditorial
  • TortureModerateeditorial

Sexual content & violence

  • Sexual assaultBriefeditorial

Mental health & grief

  • Grief & bereavementHeavyeditorial
  • Addiction & drugsModerateeditorial

Phobias & sensory

  • Fire & burningHeavyeditorial
    Details (may spoil)
    • The title character is burned alive in a sack in front of her husband.
  • Flashing lights & strobeModerateeditorial

Religion & the occult

  • Cults & religious extremismHeavyeditorial
  • Demons & possessionModerateinferred from keywords