Daniel Isn't Real

The end goes a little off-piste, with much of the sweaty creepiness replaced by silly creature effects. There's enough before that, though, to elevate Adam Egypt Mortimer's film above the bog-standard psychological horror.

This schizophrenic buddy pic is the real deal.

If this were the '90s, 'Daniel Isn't Real' would be one of those films you stumble upon in the video store and then tell all your friends about.

Enjoyably ludicrous low-budget psychological-horror...

There's not much to Daniel Isn't Real beyond a cynical, generic coming-of-age story and a lot of unexamined second-hand ideas about creativity, empathy, and spirituality.

Pitched somewhere between "Fight Club" and a Clive Barker creature feature, "Daniel Isn't Real" is a wild ride worth taking to be in the company of its promising young stars.

This is an hallucinatory ride with a striking sense of style and a sweat-inducing atmosphere, a ride that'll keep you off your balance in a way that's both uncomfortable but very hard to tear away from.

Daniel Isn't Real was introduced as 'a cross between Drop Dead Fred and Hellraiser'; if you are immediately wondering how that could ever play out, then rest assured, this is as good an approximation as you are likely to get.

This movie is a beautiful and sad look on mental illness and learning to cope. From a more metaphorical sense of its plot, to the beautiful cinematography - it's just a perfect film.

Daniel Isn't Real immediately puts the viewer on edge.