2001 · 114 min

Donnie Darko

Name: Donnie Darko
Director: Richard Kelly
Released: 2001-01-19

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

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Quick Facts

Confidence: HIGH

Status: Provisional

Director: Richard Kelly

Why It's Disturbing

Psychological distress centers on a troubled teenager experiencing disturbing visions and apparent manipulation toward criminal acts, with themes of loss, mental illness, and surreal threat. The evidence also indicates arson and vandalism, but does not establish graphic violence or gore.

Psychological76

Gore8

Bleakness18

Realism32

Dread20

Violence15

Body Horror5

Taboo8

Lingering Impact24

23.6

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How disturbing is Donnie Darko?

Donnie Darko has a DreadQ Score of 30/100. The score reflects psychological impact, dread, bleakness, violence, gore, realism and other disturbance dimensions.

Is Donnie Darko gory?

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