CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1978
The Medusa Touch posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

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MOVIE1978 1h 45m GBR

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION

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Patrick poster 01

Movie / 1978 / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller

Patrick

Why this pick

Like The Medusa Touch, it turns an apparently helpless hospital patient into the unnerving centre of a psychic-threat thriller, with measured investigative suspense and chilly late-1970s atmosphere.

The Changeling poster 02

Movie / 1980 / Horror / Thriller

The Changeling

Why this pick

Its grave, adult tone and methodical investigation echo The Medusa Touch’s blend of supernatural danger, psychological unease, and a rational protagonist confronting impossible evidence.

The Entity poster 03

Movie / 1982 / Horror / Thriller

The Entity

Why this pick

A serious-minded supernatural thriller in which clinical experts and a traumatised central figure clash over terrifying phenomena, sustaining the same sceptical, oppressive mood.

The Fury poster 04

Movie / 1978 / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller

The Fury

Why this pick

This era-matched psychic thriller shares its dangerous paranormal abilities, escalating dread, and sleek, ominous sensibility, while giving the mystery a more kinetic conspiracy-thriller shape.

The Dead Zone poster 05

Movie / 1983 / Drama / Horror / Science Fiction

The Dead Zone

Why this pick

Its emotionally restrained treatment of an ordinary man burdened by frightening psychic insight closely matches the fatalistic, adult seriousness behind The Medusa Touch.

CURATING YOUR NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

Richard Burton is the man with the medusa touch... he has the power to create catastrophe.

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Lee Remick

Lee Remick

Doctor Zonfeld

Marie-Christine Barrault

Marie-Christine Barrault

Patricia

Jeremy Brett

Edward Parrish

Malcolm Tierney

Malcolm Tierney

Deacon

Harry Andrews

Assistant Commissioner

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

John Morlar

Alan Badel

Barrister

Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

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