Hypochondriac
Deathy

Review by Deathy Patron

Hypochondriac 2022

★★★★

Watched 04 Oct 2022

Score : 8/10 ✅

The powerful fear of what trauma does to our body and mind, is so enigmatic and incomprehensible yet so perceivable. This is where Hypochondriac is willing to take us with a very eccentric character; on a journey of facing his demons, overcoming emotional trauma and trying to rationalize a state of mind that isn’t tangible.

From the perspective of a horror film, it works to some degree to freak us out but the movie is at its strongest with the psychological thriller view of how a character can become his own worst enemy. It’s a challenging film in a way, it doesn’t exaggerate mental illness position, makes most of the encounters with other characters feel like some veritable conflict and respects the authenticity of an overlooked problem.

Although the wolf costume isn’t there to scare us to death and is more here to be symbolic at some point, the realistic aspect of a broken individual is enough to recommend this film. The acting was pretty good and the editing choices were cleverly done. Liked it very much, simple but effective.

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