Under the skin

Author

Jonathan Glazer

Call Number

• BLU-RAY SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (CEN)

Edition

Blu-ray version.

Languages

In English, with optional English or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Scarlett Johansson.

Publication Information

Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Entertainment, 2014.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 108 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; graphic nudity, sexual content, some violence and language.

Summary

An alien entity inhabits the earthly form of a seductive young woman who combs the Scottish highways in search of the human prey it is here to plunder. It lures its isolated and forsaken male victims into an otherworldly dimension where they are stripped and consumed. But life in all its complexity starts to change the alien. It begins to see itself as "she," as human, with tragic and terrifying consequences.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the novel by Michel Faber.

Blu-ray release of the 2014 motion picture.

Special feature: "The making of Under the skin" featurette.