I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

05/03/2024 (US) • 1h 40m

Drama, Horror

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Overview

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

Top Billed Cast

Ian Foreman

Young Owen

Emma Portner

Amanda / Mr. Melancholy / Marco / Evil Clown


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$10,000,000.00

Revenue

$5,396,508.00

Keywords

high school

friendship

loss of sense of reality

sexuality

identity

obsession

surrealism

asthma

sleepover

nostalgia

buried alive

suburbia

coming of age

loneliness

arcade

vhs

tv show in film

guilt

lgbt

lgbt teen

planetarium

running away

gender dysphoria

existentialism

mysterious

1990s

repression

escapism

subconscious

2000s

2010s

gay theme

queer horror

movie theater

bar

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