A troubled college freshman resurrects his imaginary friend to help him cope with a violent trauma.
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Movie2019·101 min
Daniel Isn't Real
Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer
A horror mystery film directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 40%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
6.1/10
246 ratings
About Daniel Isn't Real
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Unsettling, Stylized
- Story Tags
- trauma recovery, identity self discovery, isolation loneliness, supernatural, high school campus, urban, close friendship, strangers forced together, outsider misfit, villain protagonist, hidden identity, dream surreal, slow burn reveal, body horror, demon occult, queer romance