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I Saw the TV Glow

2024 · Horror · Jane Schoenbrun · 1h 40m

Two lonely teenagers in the suburbs bond over a late-night TV show about girls fighting monsters, and one of them cannot let it go. It is slow and dreamlike, and more sad than scary.

  • Strongly slow
  • Clearly heavy
  • Clearly intimate
  • Clearly character-driven

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