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Mermaid Down
Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A mermaid is ripped from the ocean by a fishing crew only to be tortured and to have her tail cut off. A seemingly helpful stranger intervenes, but then locks her away in an institution for mentally disturbed young women, where no one believes she is a mermaid. With no way out, she is forced to count on her survival instincts, and fight for her life at all costs.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to grim fantasy horror about institutional cruelty, bodily violation, and desperate resistance against people who deny an outsider’s reality.
- Tone
- bleak, eerie, tense
- Payoff
- scares, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- harrowing
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- captivity, exploitation, disbelief, survival, bodily autonomy
- Setting
- contemporary, isolated coastal waters and oppressive psychiatric institution
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