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Films Like our Idea By Tom Slater

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Films Like our Idea

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About our film Our genre of film Is a psychological horror film It is based around mental health. The film also features a character that has schizophrenia and has

hallucinations about being stalked/followed

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Jacobs Ladder (1990) Jacobs ladder is an American psychological horror film that was released

early November 1990. Directed by Adrian Lyne and produced by Bruce Rubin, It is based on a Vietnam veteran who has many hallucinations and flashbacks of the war due to many of its tragic events. This is also prolonged by the fact that Jacob (The main character) is mourning the death of his son Gabe. Gabe died before Jacob went to war.

During the war Jacob face traumatic events. On the 6th of October 1971 the village he was stationed at was attacked, he then wakes up in New York, after fleeing to a jungle, this I shown to be 4 years later in 1975. He is in the New York metro Subway, from then on he is inflicted with disturbing nightmares that affect him from then on.

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Identity (2003) Identity is about a convicted murderer called Malcom Rivers, after a long re-

trail Malcom is concluded insane due to his murders, due to this new evidence the jury tries to discuss if the verdict should be overturned.

During this time a series of coincidences leads to ten strangers needing to stay at a motel this includes: ex-cop now limo driver Ed, and his client Caroline famous actress, Timmy, his stepfather George, and his mother Alice, prostitute Paris, newlyweds Lou and Ginny and Police Officer Rhodes, who was escorting prisoner Robert to his new institution.

Each night a member gets murdered starting with the room No 10, each time there is a murder the murderer leaves his calling card, giving clues to the next murder, each person cannot leave due to floods from a torrential storm. Those alive must try to discover the murderer and subdue him.

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American Psycho (2000) American psycho is a film about 27 year old Patrick Bateman (Christian

Bale) who is a well educated man who works on wall street. As a high paid man he is well educated and intelligent, living in his own American dream. However at night he is corrupted with madness that turn him into a psychopathic killer.

He confesses to his many crimes, but due to his winning personality people do not want to believe this and ignore his sadistic ways. After multiple attempts to find romance he decides to kill Courtney's boyfriend and the cycle continues after the boyfriend admits to having feelings for Bateman.

Due to Batemans disinterest with wanting a mundane life he is uncommitting to each of his partners and thus starts to kill more to be later investigated by a private detective