HYPNOTIC
US, 2021, 88 minutes, Colour.
Kate Siegel, Jason O'Mara, Dule Hill, Lucy Guest, Jaime M. Callica, Tanja Dixon-Warren, Luke Roderique.
Directed by Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote.
Hypnotic offers a variation on the theme, the vulnerable patient and the dominating doctor. From the title, it is clear that the impact will be of hypnosis attitudes in psychological sessions, manipulation by the doctor, compensations.
Kate Siegel has appeared in a number of her husband’s, Mike Flanagan’s, films and series like Midnight Mass. Jason O’Mara is an Irish actor. Dule Hill appeared to some note in the West Wing.
The setting is the contemporary American city, adults, relationships, death of a child, work ambitions, vulnerability and attending psychology sessions and hypnosis – leading to the detective, and a dramatic explanation and melodramatic ending.
- The title? The role of hypnotism? Psychological use? Subjects and the effect?
- The American city, apartments, psychologists’ rooms, police precincts, restaurants, socials? The world of the psychologist? Jenn’s business world? Musical score?
- Jenn’s story, her relationship with Brian, the death of the child, psychological effect, separation? Friendship with Gina and Scott? The social, the encounter with Colin Meade, friendship, the invitation to the session, her acceptance, hypnosis, short time experience of an hour, surfacing aspects of her life? Getting a new job, continuing the sessions, on and off, the encounters with Colin?
- Colin, background, psychologist, schools in hypnosis? The revelation about his father, his work, methods, Colin measuring up to him, tutored by him, applying his principles?
- Jenn, the relationship with Colin, the intensity?
- Colin, his personality, the sessions, dominating Jenn, the influence of Gina and Scott, in the car, the hypnosis, her phobia about spiders, the crash?
- Collin’s wife, similarities to Jenn, two other victims, his wanting to recreate Jenn in the image of his wife?
- Jenn, her fears, going to see Detective Rollins, his previous investigation of the deaths of Colin’s clients, the visits, the stakeouts?
- Colin, shrewd, menacing Jenn, the information about his father, the house, taking Jenn to the house? The confrontation with the directive direct Detective?
- The popularity of this theme of sinister doctor and his preying upon his patients?
