Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- foreboding
- paranoid
- claustrophobic
- serious movie night
- arthouse thriller evening
What critics said
Critics broadly responded favorably to the film's tense, socially charged conspiracy-thriller approach.
What sets it apart
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The discovery of a burned Quran turns a film set into a site of accusation, conflict, and social fragmentation.
Elif is pulled into a conspiracy shaped by secrets, accusations, and contested explanations.
The film crew's workplace is transformed by the discovery and the turmoil that follows.
Intern Elif becomes central to uncovering the dangerous network of secrets surrounding the incident.
Films like Hysteria, and why
The Lives of Others
Shares a tense German social-thriller atmosphere, institutional unease, and escalating suspicion around hidden motives.
Caché
Shares themes of accusation, concealed guilt, social mistrust, and psychologically destabilizing secrets.
The Invitation
Shares conspiracy-driven paranoia, claustrophobic interpersonal conflict, and an ambiguous atmosphere of threat.
Movie Details
- Director
- Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
- Release Date
- 2025-05-02
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (14)
Cast
- Devrim Lingnau
- Mehdi Meskar
- Serkan Kaya
- Nicolette Krebitz
- Aziz Çapkurt
- Nazmi Kırık
- Lola Klamroth
- Sahin Eryilmaz
- Helin Sezen Korkmaz
- Till Bortloff
Common questions
- What is Hysteria about?
- A young film-set intern is consumed by a conspiracy after a burned Quran ignites accusations, distrust, and dangerous secrets among the crew.
- What is Hysteria like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Hysteria as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Hysteria violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Hysteria as mild.
- What did critics think of Hysteria?
- Critics broadly responded favorably to the film's tense, socially charged conspiracy-thriller approach.
- Which films are like Hysteria?
- Films with a similar feel include The Lives of Others, Caché, and The Invitation.
- How long is Hysteria?
- Hysteria runs 103 minutes.
