# Gothika (2003)

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**Runtime**: 98 min
**Genres**: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
**Directed by**: Mathieu Kassovitz
**Written by**: Sebastian Gutierrez
**Starring**: Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton, John Carroll Lynch, Bernard Hill, Penélope Cruz

> *Because someone is dead doesn't mean they're gone.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Darkness falls on a rainy highway, a car crash, shattered glass. 
A criminal psychologist becomes a patient in her own institution, accused of her husband's murder. 
Kassovitz directs a chilling descent into madness.

**Mood tags**: dread

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 5.8/10 (123227 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 15% · Metacritic 38/100

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