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Jacob's Ladder

1991, Adrian Lyne

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Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Adrian Lyne, produced by Alan Marshall, and written by Bruce Joel Rubin. The film stars Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, and Danny Aiello. In the film, Jacob Singer's experiences before and during his service in Vietnam result in strange, fragmentary visions and bizarre hallucinations that continue to haunt him. As his ordeal worsens, Jacob desperately attempts to figure out the truth.

Jacob's Ladder was made by Carolco Pictures ten years after being written by Rubin. Though only moderately successful upon release, the film garnered a cult following and its plot and special effects became a source of influence for various other works such as the Silent Hill video game series. A remake, also titled Jacob's Ladder, was released in 2019.

If you like Jacob's Ladder, you might also like Existentialist Films, 1990s American Films, 1990s English-language Films, and American Nonlinear Narrative Films.

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