Reviews

The Skin I Live In, can be interpreted many different ways and films that are open to interpretation are often rewarding in that they allow us to think about the subject matter, as oppose to just watching it.

Robert Ledgard, a widowed plastic surgeon with a mentally ill teenage daughter who is working to develop a new kind of skin that can withstand any kind of punishment and has a young woman captive in the basement of his home who has become his personal guinea pig for this skin that also has transgeni...

This is an emotionally and intellectually challenging film, it does not shy away from showing taboo subjects to its audience, and while it does come across as if it's just for shock value, there is a deeper ulterior motive to it.The score, cinematography and production design are absolutely spectacu...

The Skin I Live In is not a typical horror film.

Unfortunately, the film seems to be a little distant: most of the characters seem to be a little dicey and immediately set off your spidey sense---making one a little reluctant to sympathize with them emotionally.