THE YELLOW WALLPAPER

By Kevin PONTUTI

HYSTERIA PICTURES - as PROD

Horror - Completed 2022

Jane, a young mother, is prescribed a rest treatment by her physician husband John, who takes her to a remote country estate for the summer. She becomes obsessed with the peculiar yellow wallpaper writes about a woman trapped in the wallpaper—that she must free.

Festivals
& Awards

Cinequest 2021
In Competition
Kerry International Film Festival 2021
In Competition
Topanga Film Festival 2021
Best Narrative Feature
Rand Film Festival 2021
In Competition
Beloit International Film Festival 2021
In Competition
FicAutor 2021
Best Narrative Feature
HP Lovecraft Film, Festival 2021
In Competition
TO Horror 2021
In Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Horror
    • Countries
    • USA, IRELAND
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 99 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Kevin PONTUTI
    • Writer(s)
    • K PONTUTI, Alexandra LORETH
    • Producer(s)
    • Kevin PONTUTI (HYSTERIA PICTURES), Zeb MOORE (Emerald Giant Productions), Sylvia MOORE (Emerald Giant Productions), Rob GILL (Emerald Giant Prodcutions), Peter GALANTE, Alexandra LORETH (HYSTERIA PICTURES)
    • Synopsis
    • Jane, a young writer suffering from postpartum depression is prescribed a rest treatment by her physician husband, John, who takes her to a remote country estate for the summer. When they arrive, Jane is enchanted by yet leary of the old house. She becomes intrigued by the peculiar yellow wallpaper that covers the walls in the room that her husband has chosen for her. Over time, Jane’s treatment proves unhelpful and instead of curing her, the bedrest and isolation and the yellow wallpaper—combined with her marriage and baby—drive her deeper into psychosis. She begins to see things in the wallpaper and gardens and becomes convinced that a woman is trapped in the patterns on the wall. As Jane spends the end of the summer trying to figure out how to save the trapped woman—and herself—John and her housekeepers become increasingly worried about her behavior and try to confine her even more. The loved, well known, and much discussed ending is still shocking and disturbing.

      This canonical feminist story reminds us that many of the issues surrounding women’s mental health and equality during the 1890s still persist in similar ways today.