The Yellow Wallpaper (1977)
1977 · Short film · 11 min · dir. Marie Ashton
- Drama
Synopsis
A 1977 short based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story of a woman's mental breakdown.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Marie Ashton
- Writer
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Cinematography
- Judy Irola
- Released
- 1977-01-02
- Running time
- 11 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Educational Films, Ephemeral Films
Cast & crew
- Marie Ashton Director
- Sigrid Wurschmidt
- Tom Dahlgren
Susan Lynch
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★ · This is why people don't get the story · NewMJ · 2025-05-19
The only thing this film gets even close to right is the score, it does have some great sound bits worth using in liminal horror, but otherwise this is why people would be turned off from the book. As for the actual story of The Yellow Wallpaper, which is referenced by Kane Parsons in his Backrooms series, without narration or being familiar with the story and understanding the protagonist's thoughts you can't begin to understand her descent and why she becomes obsessed with thoughts there is a woman trapped behind the wallpaper. Once you see Kane's Found Footage 3 episode from his Backrooms…
