Fear of Rain (2021)
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A teenager struggling with schizophrenia suspects her neighbor has kidnapped a child, but she must determine if her perceptions are real or hallucinations.
The story
17-year-old Rain Burroughs, who suffers from early onset schizophrenia, is admitted to a hospital following a psychotic episode. After returning to school, she is shunned by her peers but finds a connection with a boy named Caleb. One night, Rain witnesses a vision of her neighbor, Ms. McConnell, with a small child in her attic. Despite her illness, Rain becomes convinced that a child has been kidnapped. She and Caleb begin investigating the neighbor's home, leading to a tense conflict between Rain's reality and her mental health struggles as her family reacts to her increasingly erratic behavior.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Rain Burroughs, a teenager with schizophrenia, refuses her medication because it hinders her painting. While her parents are supportive, she is bullied at school until she meets Caleb. After seeing a vision of her neighbor Ms. McConnell with a child in her attic, Rain and Caleb attempt to break in but find nothing. They discover a missing girl named Malia who matches Rain's description. Tension rises as Rain's mother, Michelle, questions Caleb's existence. After a violent confrontation with her father over her medication, Rain experiences a breakdown. She discovers that Michelle actually died three years ago and has been a hallucination. Rain breaks into Ms. McConnell's home again and finds Malia locked in a basement cage. Ms. McConnell claims Malia isn't real, but Caleb appears to subdue her. John arrives and confirms both Malia and Caleb are real. Weeks later, Rain recovers on new medication and visits Michelle's grave, where she sees a final vision of her mother.
- First release year
- 2021
- Runtime (minutes)
- 104
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Castille Landon
- Writers
- Castille Landon · writer; Castille Landon · director
- Cast and characters
- Madison Iseman · Rain Burroughs; Katherine Heigl · Michelle Burroughs, Rain's mother; Israel Broussard · Caleb; Eugenie Bondurant · Dani McConnell; Harry Connick Jr. · John Burroughs, Rain's father
- Genres
- psychological horror; thriller; drama
- Themes
- mental illness; hallucination; kidnapping; family dynamics
- Tone and mood
- dark; heartbreaking; tense
- Premise and plot tags
- psychological thriller; horror; drama; kidnapping; schizophrenia
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews, with some critics praising the performances and characterization of schizophrenia while others criticized the plot as contrived and cloying.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 50% · review count: 16; The Guardian · score: 3 · scale: 5; Slant Magazine · score: 1 · scale: 4
- Production trivia
- The film was originally filmed under the title I Saw a Man with Yellow Eyes.; Principal photography began in April 2019 in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida.
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