Torment (1986)
- Directed by
- John Hopkins, Samson Aslanian
- Genre
- horror film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 3.9 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young woman visits her future mother-in-law's estate in San Francisco. She is followed and threatened by a brutal killer.
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What happens
Torment is a 1986 American psychological horror film directed by Samson Aslanian and John Hopkins, and starring Taylor Gilbert, William Witt, and Eve Brenner. Its plot follows a young woman in San Francisco who is stalked by a sadistic killer while visiting the estate of her future mother-in-law. Released in the spring of 1986 by New World Pictures, the film received moderate critical praise, with numerous critics esteeming the intelligence of its screenplay, and several comparing it positively to Halloween (1978). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Blue Velvet (1986)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.