Hypnotica (AKA Unhinged) – Review
90 Minutes, Not Rated
Written and Directed by A.T. Sharma

**NOTE: You can read Mark’s review below, but he and Ryan probably won’t get around to discussing this film in more depth. Remember, though, you can listen to all our discussions of this and every other movie directly over on ACAST. Stay tuned.**

Synopsis:

When a young psychiatrist tries hypnotism to save an unstable patient, neither are prepared for the dark secrets that are revealed.

I’ve gotta admit: hypnosis movies aren’t my favorite, but done properly, they can be interesting enough.

In Hypnotica, or Unhinged, or whichever title they ultimately go with, we get to hypnosis as a psychiatric last resort, not a specialty treatment by the doctor or anything like that.

And, like a Ouija board, use of such methods by amateurs is stupid.

The problem with this film isn’t the hypnosis, it’s that nothing is really developed enough to make enough sense to buy into the premise in the first place. Not the patient’s background, not the previous treatment failures, and certainly not the ultimate plot point on which the entire movie hinges.

It isn’t established so much as regurgitated at us in a monologue with nothing behind it. We get 80 minutes of a movie, a 2-minute exposition drop, and a denouement.

I found the entire exercise a pointless waste of my time, which is sad, because by the time I reached the end of the film, I could see a hint of a germ of a good story in it all which wasn’t nourished and so withered on the creative vine.

So sadly, Hypnotica left me Unhinged (see what I did there?).

Hypnotica/Unhinged hits Digital March 31 and stars Tim Torre, Taylor Foster, Adam Johnson, and Marisa Echeverria.

Please don’t forget to LIKE this post, SHARE it with your friends, and FOLLOW us on TWITTER, FACEBOOK, and SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE channel, as well.

And please, if you like what we do, consider helping us keep on entertaining you. You can use this handy link:

---

Or, you could check out the merch in Our Store:

VSMP Merch Store

Not only will you be helping us out if you pick up some merch, you get cool stuff to wear around (including the coveted WTFWT? logo!)

Liked it? Take a second to support VSadmin on Patreon!