Daniel Isn't Real
2019 · Movie · NR · 101 min · ★ 6.1 · 73% critics
A troubled college freshman tries to move forward after a violent trauma, but the pressure of school and family issues brings back an imaginary friend from childhood. What starts as a coping tool turns unsettling as the friend’s influence grows darker and harder to control.
Based on In This Way I was Saved
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-12-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (239 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a psychological horror story about inner demons with creepy visuals and a tense, escalating vibe, similar in mood to A Dark Song; not for you if you need clear rules and a tightly explained plot.
Pros: spooky, stylish moments; empathetic mental struggle; building sense of dread | Cons: predictable premise; confusing story beats; weak final stretch
Themes
- therapist
- photographer
- artist
- trauma
- imaginary friend
- therapy
- mental illness
- college student
- trapped soul
- trapped in a house
- dissociative identity disorder
- gay theme
- +1 more
Awards & recognition
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award · 2019
Cast & crew
Miles Robbins
as Luke Nightingale
Patrick Schwarzenegger
as Daniel
Sasha Lane
as Cassie
Mary Stuart Masterson
as Claire
Hannah Marks
as Sophie
Chukwudi Iwuji
as Dr. Cornelius Braun
Peter McRobbie
as Percy Thigpen
Chase Sui Wonders
as Makayla
Katie Chang
as Barista
Michael Cuomo
as James
Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer