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Gothika (2003)

Gothika poster
Directed by
Mathieu Kassovitz
Genre
ghost film, supernatural horror film, psychological horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 2,552 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A psychiatrist wakes up to find herself a patient in the prison where she worked, accused of murdering her husband. She struggles to piece together what happened while haunted by strange visions.

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What happens

Gothika is a 2003 American psychological horror film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, written by Sebastian Gutierrez, co-produced by Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis, and starring Halle Berry with Robert Downey Jr., Penélope Cruz, Charles S. Dutton, John Carroll Lynch, and Bernard Hill. The film follows a psychiatrist who finds herself incarcerated in the penitentiary in which she works, accused of brutally murdering her husband. The fourth project developed by production company Dark Castle Entertainment, following 2002's Ghost Ship, Gothika was the second film by the company to be co-distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Columbia Pictures, the first being Thirteen Ghosts. It was also Dark Castle's first major scale production and the first to boast a number of high-profile stars in its lead roles. Gothika was shot in Quebec in the spring of 2003. The film was released theatrically in the United States on November 21, 2003, the Friday before Thanksgiving. The film grossed $141.6 million internationally, though it received generally negative reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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