--- title: 'The Reflecting Skin (1990)' type: 'film' director: 'Philip Ridley' released: '1990-08-01' runtime_minutes: 95 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Horror' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'Canada' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-reflecting-skin-1990' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100469/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Reflecting Skin (1990) 1990 · 95 min · Drama, Horror · United Kingdom, Canada ## Synopsis The Reflecting Skin is a 1990 coming-of-age horror film written and directed by Philip Ridley and starring Jeremy Cooper, Viggo Mortensen, and Lindsay Duncan. Set in 1950s rural Idaho, the film follows an impressionable young boy who comes to believe that a neighboring widow is a vampire responsible for a number of disappearances in the community. Described by its director as a "mythical interpretation" of childhood, the film weaves elements of vampirism, surrealism, black comedy, symbolism, and religious zealotry throughout its narrative. ## Credits - **Director:** [Philip Ridley](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-ridley) - **Screenplay:** [Philip Ridley](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-ridley) - **Original Music Composer:** [Nick Bicât](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-bicat) - **Producer:** [Dominic Anciano](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-anciano), [Ray Burdis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-burdis) - **Director of Photography:** [Dick Pope](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-pope) - **Editor:** [Scott Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-thomas) ## Cast - [Sheila Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheila-moore) as Ruth Dove - [Jeremy Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-cooper) as Seth Dove - [David Bloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-bloom) as Deputy - [Lindsay Duncan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lindsay-duncan) as Dolphin Blue - [Duncan Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/duncan-fraser) as Luke Dove - [Viggo Mortensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/viggo-mortensen) as Cameron Dove ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-reflecting-skin-1990 Film facts: Wikidata (Q615395); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.