Pop Skull (2007)

Director
Adam Wingard

Main cast
Lane Hughes; Brandon Carroll; Maggie Gwin; Hannah Hughes; Jeff Dylan Graham

Genres
Horror, Thriller

Description
Addled prescription drug addict Daniel finds himself unraveling further under the stress of a recent breakup. Worse yet, he lives in a house haunted by nightmarish events from the past, images of which torment him in terrifying dreams. This hallucinatory horror film leaps off the screen with its disturbingly vivid visuals.


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