We've All Seen Psychological Thrillers Come and Go, but This Criminally Underseen Fever Dream Will Leave You Rattled Long After the Final Frame
Clean, Shaven, which stars Peter Greene, delivers a gripping descent into the fractured mind of a man with schizophrenia.
Psychological thrillers built around mental illness are a dependable subgenre for Hollywood, though they often miss the mark when it comes to capturing the experience with much accuracy. Even the most prominently successful ones, like Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind,fail to capture the full scope of what a severe mental illness actually does to a person's psyche on a daily basis. This is more than likely because Hollywood filmmakers know they have to sell their films to a broad audience, and the real deal of a condition like schizophrenia is far too upsetting for most people to handle. Case in point, one film that actually does depict schizophrenia with full honesty is Clean, Shaven, and it's a grueling film that demands a lot of those who choose to watch it.
