Donnie Darko – Original Version – Blu Ray Blu Ray – Mary McDonnell, Drew Barrymore

The directorial debut of Richard Kelly is a comic mixture of 80s sci-fi, horror and teen movie genres. October 1988 and small-town USA is about to witness the end of the world. Well, that’s according to Frank, a giant, talking rabbit that only Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), a brilliant but troubled teenager, can see. Frank has been urging Donnie to play dangerous pranks on his friends and dysfunctional family, but when he gets Donnie to leave his bedroom one night and tells him the world will end soon, strange things begin to happen – starting with the engine of an aeroplane plunging to ground and hitting Donnie’s, now empty, bedroom.

October 1988 and small town USA is about to witness the end of the world. It’s home to Donnie Darko a brilliant but troubled teenager plagued by terrifying visions of which he alone holds the key to the meaning. With his class mate and soul mate Gretchen and a mysterious ex teacher Grandma Death he must unravel the strange occurrences infecting his school his home and his life before a horrifying spectre known only as Frank can pull Donnie over the edge of his sanity.