After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. She's been accused of murdering her husband Dr. Douglas Grey — but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-worker, Dr. Pete Graham, of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.
Acting
Halle Berry commits fully to the chaos
Production
Ashley psychiatric hospital: gloriously decrepit Gothic set design
Score
John Ottman's screaming strings and thunderous soundscape
Director
Mathieu Kassovitz
Halle Berry
Miranda Grey
Robert Downey Jr.
Pete Graham
Charles S. Dutton
Douglas Grey
John Carroll Lynch
Sheriff Ryan
Bernard Hill
Phil Parsons
Penélope Cruz
Chloe Sava
Dorian Harewood
Teddy Howard
Bronwen Mantel
Irene
Kathleen Mackey
Rachel Parsons
Matthew G. Taylor
Turlington
Michel Perron
Joe
Andrea Sheldon
Tracey Seavers
Anana Rydvald
Glass Cell Nurse
Amy Sloan
Inmate
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Halle Berry broke her arm filming a shower scene but finished the shoot wearing a modified cast hidden under costumes.
The film's title refers to both 'gothic' horror conventions and the 'ika' suffix meaning 'condition' — literally a state of Gothic dread, which Kassovitz intended as European art-horror homage.
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