Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
217
No
8
17
Capybara_Love
There is sort of two different realitys
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
113
No
3
21
Mkosmorama
A character has recurring dreams about a traumatic event, which are influenced by the missing children's spirits later in the film
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
101
No
2
9
UnagioLucio
S1
E1
Not in general, but Jinx in particular is shown hallucinating and seeing or hearing people she knows who aren't there.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
97
No
1
17
hjchjchjc
Essentially the entire plot of the movie.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
96
No
0
10
onlycallisto
There are hallucinations sometimes, it is never clear how real they are.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
85
No
0
6
spacemancharisma
the movie as a whole can be perceived as an extended metaphor for drug-induced psychosis
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
74
No
1
6
KamiSteele
Drug use, with varying levels of consent, happens throughout. The screen mildly distorts and sways while the characters are under the influence of drugs. There are also various hallucinations, such as Dani seeing grass grow out of her body, a bad trip where she hears a group laughing at her upon which she enters an outhouse only to see her sister in the mirror, Dani spotting her deceased parents in a crowd, her sister's corpse appearing in the trees in the background, plants moving and 'breathing', and Dani having a 'conversation' in Swedish despite not being fluent (it's actually gibberish). Additionally, Dani appears to dissociate in some scenes which is implied through the editing. The infamous Attestupa scene has muffled audio and slowed visuals, and an early scene depicts a time skip through Dani walking out of the room of her apartment and into the plane's bathroom. It's confirmed by the director that Dani tends to dissociate. Dani also has a nightmare sequence where she sees the others driving away without her, and when she opens her mouth to scream smoke comes out. This is followed by shots of the Attestupa, as well as her family's corpses at the cliffs where it took place. In short, this movie may be a trigger if you have a history of traumatic drug experiences and/or depersonalization/derealization.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
68
No
5
11
kawara
A character has frequent bouts of auditory and visual hallucinations and the timeline of the film jumps around. It is difficult to watch at times.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
65
No
2
14
Smiliey
they jump from one world to another. and back in time aswell. its the multiverse saga, where there are countless realities and worlds.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
64
No
0
2
wednesday
Adding to the other comments, Season 3 brings up a theory of "multiple realities" and characters are shown getting visions that definitely feel like reality is unstable in some way.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
64
No
0
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
63
No
22
1
Nappinglion
S7
E7
Spoiler for S7E2, Bete Noire- a character can manipulate reality.
Video Game • 2024 Report
Yes
56
No
0
11
doesit
There are very frequent time-jumps -- it is a non-linear story, but these flashbacks / flashforwards are not done in a typical way and may leave the player confused/lost/etc. There are also multiple scenes that are not truly occuring but instead happening symbollically -- it can be hard to distinguish between the two on occasion.
TV Show • 2004 Report
Yes
55
No
8
2
shamwowxl
S2
E2
hallucinations of real-seeming scenes is a recurring theme
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
54
No
7
5
BuzzyMcGee
S2
E2
The timeline and the company's motives become increasingly uncertain as the show goes on.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
54
No
2
7
HowdyEllie
A little bit. The movie is supernatural to a degree
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
51
No
3
3
bonkersbinch
Hallucinations are a very big theme in this show, if you struggle with distinguishing reality vs unreality, this could be a difficult show to watch
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
50
No
32
0
humanhalfofachilleus
S9
E9
There are hallucinations
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
50
No
0
6
Kaelin
Reality is unstable for the entirety of this film, and it is very disorienting.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
45
No
1
1
Kaelin
There are scenes where you witness hallucinations from the perspective of the person hallucinating, which blurs the line of reality.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
44
No
0
3
Cferal
Huuuuge part of the movie
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
40
No
0
2
At one point, of the main characters is hallucinating. The visuals on screen make it very clear when she is and isn’t hallucinating.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
40
No
7
7
The whole film is honestly just unhinged. The film's universe is different to our own and the severity of this changes throughout but there is a constant "unhinged"/"weird' feeling to the film
YouTube • 2023 Report
Yes
39
No
0
11
cha0ticneutralsystem
They are in a sort of limbo where Pomni feels like something is off and reality starts breaking and things clip into other objects and glitch, Jax also mentions Cane makes NPCs for the others to play with regularly. Pomni mentions she put on a headset and was teleported to limbo. Everything is presented and mentioned that they are living inside a computer game or simulation of some sort, in a “digital plane” cane also tells pomni she is having “digital hallucinations” but he seems to be lying. There is also cartoon logic (hammer space) and a weird infinitely respecting reality where pomni reenters the same room repeatedly. Pomni gets thrown into the void and seemingly has an existential crisis. They mention that food has no affect on them and they don’t need to eat, it just replicates the sensation of food
Video Game • 2017 Report
Yes
38
No
0
4
While the game starts off fairly normal, (SPOILERS) once you reach sayori's suicide the game starts (intentionally) glitching out, which is carried over into Acts 2 and 3. Monika mentioned in those acts that the game’s code is broken, so it could be seen as the girls’ reality becoming unstable.
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
37
No
0
4
BDavy
Particularly in the last third of the film.
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
37
No
0
1
RisingMoon
S3
E3
major plot in the entire series, any charecters travel too and from the upside down
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
36
No
4
0
Smiliey
Yes they jump back and forth. Suddenly it is a commercial for a supe show, then its News, then its back to the action
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
35
No
0
6
TheCassandraComplex
Kinda? The main character perceives things no one else can perceive.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
35
No
1
2
Pantalones
There are multiple times where it is unclear if Will is having hallucinations, events are actually happening, or a combination of the two occurs. Will, as well as other characters, doubts his sanity throughout the show.