FilmDemonic & Possession Ghosts & Haunting Psychological

Anguish2015

Name: Anguish
Genre: Demonic & Possession, Ghosts & Haunting, Psychological
Released: 2015-07-21
Rating: 5.1

“Her nightmares come when she's awake.”

Directed by Sonny Mallhi

5.1

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 4.6Rotten Tomatoes 62%TMDB 4.7

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Year

2015

Runtime

91 min

Box Office

🏆 1 win & 5 nominations total

The premise

A new girl in a quiet town, Tess tries to manage her psychosis while adjusting to her new life with her mom. After stumbling upon the shrine of Lucy, a hit and run victim, Tess finds herself overwhelmed by hallucinations of the dead girl and starts to question her sanity again. When the spirit possesses Tess’s mind and soul, mother and daughter are at a loss for where to turn next for salvation: religion or medicine? Both institutions have failed them to date but faith leads them to the house of Sarah, Lucy’s mother, who has been despondent since the accident. All together with time working against them, Sarah is desperate to believe that Lucy is still alive in Tess but neither parent wants to give up on their daughter. Now that she understands what is happening to her, ultimately Tess must decide whether she wants to keep fighting or succumb to her affliction.

Horror Vault's take

Tess is a teenage girl already battling psychosis when her family relocates to a small town — the last thing she needs is a haunting. After discovering the roadside memorial of Lucy, a local girl killed in a hit-and-run, Tess begins experiencing visions she cannot explain away, and the line between mental illness and something far more sinister starts to dissolve. Two grieving mothers, one desperate to save her living daughter and the other unable to accept her loss, are drawn into a collision that no doctor or priest has prepared them for. At the center of it all, Tess alone must confront what — or who — is truly taking hold of her.

Content: Depictions Of Mental Illness And Psychosis, Disturbing Hallucinations, Themes Of Child Death, Emotional Distress