The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of... Read allThe enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance.The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance.
- Awards
- 13 wins & 43 nominations
Paul Painter
- Announcer
- (voice)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn a 2018 UK Guardian interview, Nicolas Cage described his performance's inspiration: only just before shooting started, his 14 year marriage to Alice Kim Cage came to 'a sudden end', which was "A shocker for me... didn't see it coming, and those feelings had to go somewhere, so they went into my performance."
- GoofsWhen Nic Cage's character turns to his forge to construct his revenge weapon the metal he pours is aluminium yet when he puts it on the anvil it's miraculously turned to steel.
- Quotes
Red Miller: You are a vicious snowflake.
- Crazy creditsThe opening text "When I die, bury me deep, lay two speakers at my feet, put some headphones on my head and rock and roll me when I'm dead." appears to come from the final words of Douglas Roberts, a man convicted of kidnapping, robbery and murder in Texas and executed on April 20, 2005. This isn't directly credited or verified by the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Half in the Bag: Mandy and The Predator (2018)
- SoundtracksAmulet of the Weeping Maze
Produced, Recorded, & Mixed by Randall Dunn
Composed by Dan Boeckner, Milky Burgess, Panos Cosmatos, Randall Dunn
Engineered by Ben Greenberg
Music by Milky Burgess
Lead Vocals by Linus Roache
Back-up Vocals by Faith Coloccia, Monika Khot
Flute by Hans Teuber
Lead Vocals Recorded at Figure Eight Studios
Lead Vocals Recorded by Phillip Weinrobe (as Phil Wienrobe)
Featured review
Nic Cage carries this as Red, revenge for his wife Mandy.
There are those who easily forgive transgressions by misguided people and seek to have them treated and return to society as productive people. For those, this is NOT the type of movie.
Perhaps the most appropriate review title here is "Entertainingly Insane." The best clue regarding this movie is what the director says, "The actual story is not so important, what matters is how you shoot it and edit it." In other words, how it looks and feels is most important, and that comes at you full force in this movie.
I would not normally seek out this type of movie but recently I read that Nic Cage says during a period when he was in debt by several $Millions he took lots of roles and made some questionable movies because he needed to earn money.
This probably isn't one of those, I saw a recent interview on a late night show and when asked to name his five favorite movies he has made, "Mandy" was on that short list.
Set in the Pacific Northwest, it was filmed mostly in Belgium where they found some very interesting locations, which adds to the visual design. The movie has lots of red in it, particularly red lights at night, and lots of gore and blood. At its core it is a revenge movie, to destroy a misled religious cult with a fanatic as its leader.
At home on DVD from my public library.
Perhaps the most appropriate review title here is "Entertainingly Insane." The best clue regarding this movie is what the director says, "The actual story is not so important, what matters is how you shoot it and edit it." In other words, how it looks and feels is most important, and that comes at you full force in this movie.
I would not normally seek out this type of movie but recently I read that Nic Cage says during a period when he was in debt by several $Millions he took lots of roles and made some questionable movies because he needed to earn money.
This probably isn't one of those, I saw a recent interview on a late night show and when asked to name his five favorite movies he has made, "Mandy" was on that short list.
Set in the Pacific Northwest, it was filmed mostly in Belgium where they found some very interesting locations, which adds to the visual design. The movie has lots of red in it, particularly red lights at night, and lots of gore and blood. At its core it is a revenge movie, to destroy a misled religious cult with a fanatic as its leader.
At home on DVD from my public library.
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- TxMike
- May 3, 2023
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Менді
- Filming locations
- Chaudfontaine, Belgium(local press)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,233,694
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $225,723
- Sep 16, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $1,654,419
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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