Anguish (1987)
John, a loutish optometrist orderly, louses up on the job and is dismissed. His odd, little mother, using a form of hypnosis, sends him out on a killing spree, starting with Caroline, the woman who caused his dismissal... (imdb)
Genre: Horror
AKA: Angustia
Country: Spain
Directed By: Bigas Luna
Written By: Bigas Luna, Michael Berlin
Starring: Michael Lerner, Zelda Rubinstein, Talia Paul, Ángel Jovè, Clara Pastor, Isabel García Lorca
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Anguish belongs to 16 collections
1. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (public: moderated by Gregzilla - 32 stars)
2. Directorial debut (public: moderated by djross - 14 stars)
3. Wierd / Mindfuck / Surreal (public: moderated by neurophate - 7 stars)
4. Fever Dream (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 4 stars)
5. Anamorphic Cinematography (public: moderated by Bojangles - 3 stars)
6. Hypnosis Hypnotism Hypnotist (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 2 stars)
7. Eurohorror (public: moderated by Shmendrek - 1 star)
8. Oedipus / Oedipal (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer)
9. self-reference (public: moderated by juandr)
10. Rue Morgue Magazine's 200 Alternative Horror Films You Need to See (private: jimmyjazz - 8 stars)
11. Fantastic and surreal (private: juandr - 5 stars)
12. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (private: Coheed - 3 stars)
13. edkrak films to see (private: edkrak - 2 stars)
14. Blue Underground (private - 2 stars)
15. The Mammoth Book of Slasher Movies (book) (private: Ag0stoMesmer - 1 star)
16. Forrest Watch List (private: ForrestQ)
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| Aug 28 | Jesus Rollin | 70 76% |
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| Aug 17 | garrett2 | 69 71% |
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| Aug 09 |  |
bal3x | 40 7% |
| Aug 02 |  |
Licio | 77 28% |
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sufjan | 40 % |
| Jun 23 | gackt | 65 42% |
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| Apr 30 |  |
ninelives | 92 49% |
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wetwillies | 90 77% |
| Mar 21 | KingBread | 70 55% |
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| Mar 05 | mate_cosido | 80 71% |
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brianrobot | 3 34% |
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Batty | 65 34% |
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nomadcitizen | 3 % |
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Cigo | 10 92% |
| Aug 07, 2018 | filmbantha | 70 63% |
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| Aug 05, 2018 | allneonslike | 60 43% |
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| Jul 26, 2018 |  |
CMQuinn | 90 88% |
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Gymnopedies | 80 84% |
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FreddieQuell | 69 56% |
| May 29, 2018 | ticklemonstr | 76 41% |
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| Apr 25, 2018 | fictionfitz | 77 72% |
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| Apr 22, 2018 | chone | 80 75% |
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scott.mcc | 70 63% |
| Feb 09, 2018 | zissou14 | 85 69% |
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| Dec 31, 2017 |  |
BillyShears | 75 65% |
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You have Zelda Rubinstein do her Poltergeist whisper in my ear for 80 minutes and I'll start cutting eyeballs out "all the eyeballs of the city will be ours". Something about Zelda Rubinstein talking dirty breaks me.
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| Dec 24, 2017 |  |
HKi | 77 85% |
| Dec 20, 2017 | Systematicer | 80 87% |
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| Dec 19, 2017 |  |
Paxton | 77 78% |
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Why do I recommend this movie? I don't know, maybe because it's amazeballs! Why do I use the word, "amazeballs?" I don't know, maybe because I'm going through a midlife crisis. Why do I say, "midlife crisis?" I don't know, maybe because I arrogantly feel I'm owed at least as much life as I've already lived? Why do I use the word, "lived?" I don't know, maybe because "sleepwalked through" is too depressing to write. Anyways, Anguish. A real winner.
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| Nov 29, 2017 | Cocoa | 70 72% |
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| Nov 21, 2017 |  |
tipar | 60 67% |
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pyrosexual | 85 75% |
| Oct 31, 2017 | kondratiev | 65 65% |
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Nroo | 76 64% |
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sheepslasher | 3 58% |
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ForrestQ | 77 61% |
| Apr 26, 2017 | michaelsykes | 67 38% |
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It KILLS me how good this film could have been. Some of the concepts at play here are fantastic. If only the plot didn't feel like it had been stretched so thin - there's sadly only about 30 minutes of story here. A film actually deserving of a remake
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| Apr 05, 2017 | filmcricket | 60 53% |
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| Feb 26, 2017 |  |
tipar822 | 70 90% |
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Art imitates life? Life imitates art? I do not know, my head has exploded.
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mCihhh | 30 6% |
| Feb 23, 2017 |  |
RYM-byrates | 71 82% |
| Feb 19, 2017 |  |
Moribunny | 60 54% |
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A quirky horror film with an interesting narrative form and great photography. People don't die so quickly from scalpel stabs in real life, but otherwise the violence is pretty effective for the 1980s.
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| Feb 11, 2017 |  |
porzano | 60 62% |
| Oct 24, 2016 | jerrywarton | 63 49% |
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FrankHowley | 65 41% |
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adidawha | 61 35% |
| Jul 15, 2016 | nicolino | 51 22% |
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clowngirl | 43 22% |
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PepeCamello | 50 35% |
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TraverseTown | 80 82% |
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MUBIvotes | 32 41% |
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horrormaniak | 90 91% |
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robot2xl | 70 8% |
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poltergeist | 60 48% |
| May 22, 2015 | Wolf Sir | 75 36% |
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| Apr 17, 2015 | cardsos01 | 70 86% |
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| Feb 11, 2015 | slowmo | 78 43% |
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RadioFreeLee | 72 46% |
| Jan 15, 2015 | metaller | 80 79% |
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| Dec 14, 2014 | felixm85 | 83 80% |
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| Oct 29, 2014 | spiritofeden | 85 91% |
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ChrisReynold | 63 56% |
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gargantua | 70 62% |
| Jul 27, 2014 |  |
LB94 | 76 45% |
| Jul 19, 2014 | debaser1985 | 66 44% |
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| Jul 15, 2014 | donquixotic | 70 77% |
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What a horrible film. Highly recommended
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| Jun 08, 2014 |  |
chiefcuster | 80 76% |
| Jun 01, 2014 | derZONK | 50 23% |
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| May 26, 2014 |  |
micmac | 61 43% |
| May 06, 2014 | blucthulhu | 90 94% |
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bizarre_eye | 83 89% |
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kakivsjok | 80 69% |
| Feb 18, 2014 | PaulSandell | 50 30% |
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Grouchy | 80 51% |
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matty5190 | 80 39% |
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mattburgess | 76 76% |
| Oct 24, 2013 | FrankBooth | 85 56% |
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| Oct 19, 2013 | Niksterino | 70 65% |
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| Sep 22, 2013 | eitan62 | 50 16% |
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Sheldrake | 70 68% |
| Aug 06, 2013 | Barkinson | 60 62% |
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avgcrtckr | 58 61% |
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filmaffinity | 63 55% |
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Gregzilla | 60 66% |
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Luci | 70 55% |
| Jul 20, 2012 | e-ball | 68 46% |
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mightysparks | 55 55% |
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Gordon Cole | 67 46% |
| Mar 30, 2012 | lostinlodos | 48 12% |
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Not sure I really 'get' the film. That said; I staid with it so...!
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| Dec 16, 2011 | flund | 23 38% |
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Linara | 65 21% |
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viniciusjn | 58 24% |
| Nov 22, 2011 | gazpacho | 85 92% |
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ratedargh | 50 21% |
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Bandy | 80 69% |
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crimsonking | 75 48% |
| Jul 31, 2011 | etherealtard | 100 96% |
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jodamico | 76 54% |
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sweevo | 80 51% |
| Sep 26, 2010 | mattnawrocki | 80 71% |
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| Jul 20, 2010 | Winiferd69 | 85 81% |
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| Feb 04, 2010 | GFD | 40 20% |
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| Jan 10, 2010 | Jazzaloha | 68 54% |
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I haven't seem this in a long time, but I remember the concept being really cool.
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| Sep 22, 2009 | Bruce | 30 7% |
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Danilolopes | 30 6% |
| May 13, 2009 |  |
laika | 68 38% |
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imdb | 67 57% |
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cinema_hell | 15 1% |
| Apr 13, 2009 | HBOsucks | 40 18% |
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| Mar 24, 2009 | moviesinhell | 50 7% |
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Luna's metaphorical, metaphysical, perhaps even meta-brain-damaged movie is less a straight-ahead horror film than a meditation on the movie medium itself. Four-foot _Poltergeist_ psychic Rubinstein plays the supportive mom of eye-gouging oedipal wreck Lerner. Not worth keeping an eye out for.
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| Mar 16, 2009 | nunstrangler | 57 35% |
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| Mar 02, 2009 | aaaaaaarrggg | 43 22% |
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Transparent _Demons_ cash-in with a similar theme. The first 20 minutes concerning the movie-within-the-movie (featuring Rubinstein and Lerner) are fairly stylish, but once the true nature of the plot is revealed, you lose interest fast, everything finally petering out in a confusing "shocker" ending.
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| Jan 15, 2009 |  |
ThiagoH | 90 66% |
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thefog1331 | 77 29% |
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paris1919 | 46 22% |
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electriccafe | 90 90% |
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ZombieBuffet | 70 80% |
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lucbapt | 72 32% |
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Stain | 60 47% |
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Halfway-decent horror movie. The BIG TWIST halfway through isn't really all that special or amazing and strongly suggests the filmmakers ran out of money or something. :-) It *is* something of a hoot, however, to see Michael Lerner, the studio chief in _Barton Fink_, play a psychotic killer
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| Average Percentile 54.13% from 130 Ratings |  |
