Horror
Mystery
Troubled college freshman Luke suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope. Charismatic and full of manic energy, Daniel helps Luke to achieve his dreams, before pushing him to the very brink of his sanity and into a desperate struggle for control of his mind — and his soul.
Directors
Miles Robbins
Luke Nightingale
Patrick Schwarzenegger
Daniel
Sasha Lane
Cassie
Hannah Marks
Sophie
Mary Stuart Masterson
Claire
Chase Sui Wonders
Makayla
Katie Chang
Barista
Chukwudi Iwuji
Dr. Cornelius Braun
Jamar Greene
Campus Security Guard
Cara Ronzetti
Joelle
Michael Cuomo
James
Andrew Bridges
Richard
Nathan Chandler Reid
Young Daniel
Daniel Marconi
John Thigpen
Rosanne Ma
Professor Abelard
Lynn Marocola
FDNY Paramedic (uncredited)
Directors
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Review
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‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ (based off of Brian DeLeeuw’s novel ‘In This Way I Was Saved’) shares a lot of similarities with David Fincher's ‘Fight Club’, which followed a powerless office worker who happens to meet an assertive friend who helps him become more confident only for everything to get out of hand. I also kept thinking of Curtis Hanson’s underrated ‘Bad Influence’ with James Spader and Rob Lowe, Robert Mulligan’s ‘The Other’, Gregory Hoblit's 'Fallen', and Brad Anderson's 'Session 9'.
‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ is a slickly directed, spooky and surprisingly empathetic film about the monsters that dwell in the human mind.
- Jake Watt
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https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-daniel-isnt-real-smart-and-sinister-psychological-horror
maketheSWITCH10 Dec, 2019
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