I Saw the TV Glow2024
“There is still time.”
Directed by Jane Schoenbrun
🏆 12 wins & 92 nominations total
The premise
In late-90s suburbia, a lonely teenager meets a girl at school who introduces him to a mysterious late-night T.V. show — a vision of a supernatural world pulsing beneath their own. As time goes on, however, questions begin to arise about why the show sometimes seems more real than their own lives. In the pale glow of the television, their view of reality begins to crack.
Horror Vault's take
In the hazy glow of late-90s suburbia, a quiet, lonely teenager is drawn into a mysterious late-night TV show by a fellow outsider — and the lines between its supernatural world and their own begin to dissolve in deeply unsettling ways. Writer-director Jane Schoenbeck crafts a hypnotic portrait of adolescent alienation where nostalgia curdles into existential dread. The film pulses with queer longing and a creeping sense that something buried beneath the surface of ordinary life is desperate to break free. Equal parts coming-of-age drama and psychological horror, it lingers long after the screen goes dark.
Content: Body Horror Imagery, Themes Of Gender Dysphoria And Identity Crisis, Depictions Of Repression And Psychological Distress, Surreal And Potentially Distressing Visuals, Lgbt Teen Themes
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