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Horror, Fantasy • 2026 • 109 min

A 1990s art student drinks a lucid dreaming elixir to break a creative block, then watches her subconscious fill up with monsters, including a version of her own mother. The Canadian horror-fantasy keeps its focus on personal trauma and artistic identity rather than politics or social messaging. A drag queen appears in a supporting role, and the filmmakers bring queer sensibilities to the project, but neither element reshapes the story's core. Religion, partisan politics, and gender ideology are all absent. The result is a personal psychological horror film with a female lead and some cultural texture around the edges, which is why the label lands at Neutral.
Caitlin Acken Taylor • Georgia Acken • Elaine Thrash Oliveira
A 1990s art student drinks a lucid dreaming elixir to break a creative block, then watches her subconscious fill up with monsters, including a version of her own mother. The Canadian horror-fantasy keeps its focus on personal trauma and artistic identity rather than politics or social messaging. A drag queen appears in a supporting role, and the filmmakers bring queer sensibilities to the project, but neither element reshapes the story's core. Religion, partisan politics, and gender ideology are all absent. The result is a personal psychological horror film with a female lead and some cultural texture around the edges, which is why the label lands at Neutral.
Caitlin Acken Taylor • Georgia Acken • Elaine Thrash Oliveira
Lucid centers on a 1990s art student's descent into a surreal dreamscape triggered by a mysterious elixir, where personal trauma and family tensions manifest as literal monsters.
Lucid centers on a 1990s art student navigating creative blocks and childhood trauma through a lucid dreaming elixir, with a cast that includes visible diversity in supporting roles such as a drag queen character but no recasting of traditional parts.
Lucid includes queer filmmakers who steer the lead toward a witch and a dream-inducing elixir that unlocks her creativity. These elements appear as background support for the protagonist’s journey of self-definition rather than the story’s core focus.
Lucid centers its story on a young woman's personal creative struggles and features a brief mother-daughter confrontation within a dream sequence, without developing any sustained examination of marriage, parenting, or household roles.
Lucid centers on a 1990s art student who uses a lucid dreaming elixir to overcome creative blocks and embarks on a surreal journey. The narrative contains no transgender characters, themes, or plot elements.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Lucid centers on an original female art student protagonist who enters a dream world filled with personal demons, without reimagining any established characters from prior source material or historical records.
Lucid is an original screenplay with no source material, prior adaptations, or historical figures whose established racial depictions are altered on screen.
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