FilmRSupernatural Ghosts & Haunting Psychological

Gothika2003

Name: Gothika
Genre: Supernatural, Ghosts & Haunting, Psychological, Gothic
Released: 2003-11-21
Rating: 5.3

“Because someone is dead doesn't mean they're gone.”

Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz

5.3

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.8Rotten Tomatoes 15%Metacritic 38TMDB 6.1

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Year

2003

Runtime

98 min

Box Office

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$141,591,324

Domestic

$59,694,580

🏆 3 wins & 7 nominations total

The premise

After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. She's been accused of murdering her husband Dr. Douglas Grey — but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-worker, Dr. Pete Graham, of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.

Horror Vault's take

When criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey wakes up inside the very psychiatric institution where she works, she finds herself stripped of her credentials, her freedom, and her memory of the night her husband died. Accused of his murder with no recollection of the act, she must fight to be believed by the colleagues who once respected her. A restless spirit has other plans for Miranda, however — using her as a vessel to pursue its own unfinished business and pushing the boundaries between sanity and the paranormal. The film blurs the line between what is real and what the mind — or something beyond it — is capable of conjuring.

Content: Sexual Violence Themes, Murder, Depictions Of Mental Illness And Psychiatric Confinement, Jump Scares, Violence