The Reflecting Skin
Sometimes terrible things happen quite naturally.
A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of discouraging his brother from seeing her.
- Year : 1990
- Country : United Kingdom, Canada
- Genre : Drama, Thriller, Horror
- Studio : BBC Film, Fugitive Features, British Screen Productions, National Film Trustee Company, Zenith Entertainment
- Keyword : farm, fire, radiation, vampire, widow, surreal, cult, surrealism, murder, cancer, rural area, gasoline, killer, molestation, nuclear, midwest, ex soldier, graveyard, slingshot, 1950s
- Director : Philip Ridley
- Cast : Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper, Sheila Moore, Duncan Fraser, David Longworth