I Saw the TV Glow
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.
Keywords:
High school
Friendship
Loss of sense of reality
Sexuality
Identity
Obsession
Surrealism
Asthma
Sleepover
Nostalgia
Buried alive
Suburbia
Coming of age
Loneliness
Arcade
Vhs
Tv show in film
Guilt
Lgbt
Lgbt teen
Nostalgic
Planetarium
Running away
Gender dysphoria
Existentialism
Hopeless
1990s
Repression
Escapism
Subconscious
2000s
2010s
Gay theme
Queer horror
Movie theater
Bar
Independent film
Body horror
Intimate
Teenager
Liminal space
Nonbinary director
Hopeful
Movie tag line: "There is still time."
