On 06 Oct 1971, in Vietnam, the American soldier Jacob Singer is wounded by a bayonet during an attack to his platoon. He wakes up in a New York subway while going home late at night after working overtime in the post office. He is divorced from Sarah, lives with his colleague and lover Jezebel in a small Brooklyn apartment and misses his young son Gabe, who died in an accident for which Jacob feels responsible. During the next days, Jacob is chased by demons and finds the army conspiracy against him, while having strange visions during different moments of his life.

Jacob's Ladder (1990)
  • Rating: (39,600 votes)
  • Tagline:The most frightening thing about Jacob Singer's nightmare is that he isn't dreaming. »
  • Runtime:113 minutes
  • Director: Adrian Lyne
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Jacob
    Tim Robbins
    Jezzie
    Elizabeth Peña
    Louis
    Danny Aiello
    Michael
    Matt Craven
    Paul
    Pruitt Taylor Vince
    Geary
    Jason Alexander
    Sarah
    Patricia Kalember
    Frank
    Eriq La Salle
    George
    Ving Rhames
    Doug
    Brian Tarantina
  • Genres:Drama, Horror, Mystery
  • Producers:
    Mario Kassar
    executive producer  
    Alan Marshall
    producer  
    Bruce Joel Rubin
    associate producer  
    Andrew G. Vajna
    executive producer (as Andrew Vajna) 
  • Plots: New York postal worker Jacob Singer is trying to keep his frayed life from unraveling. His days are increasingly being invaded by flashbacks to his first marriage, his now-dead son, and his tour of duty in Vietnam. Athough his new wife tries to help Jacob keep his grip on sanity, the line between reality and delusion is steadily growing more and more uncertain. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
Jacob's Ladder
  • User's comment:A visual masterpiece of horror and conspiracy. by eraceheadd

    This is easily one of Adrian Lyne's best films. Tim Robbins is excellent and the visual affects were just awesome. I saw this movie for the first time in the theatre and it blew me away. I've seen it many times after that, purely for the visuals that were done so well. The plot twists and turns as it spirals downward slowly revealing the truth and keeps you guessing all the way to the surprising ending. This is a dark, violent, beautiful movie that I recommend to all people who love horror, and just a smart story that will keep you in suspense until the very end.


  • Quotes: Louis: Eckhart saw Hell too. He said: The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you, he said. They're freeing your soul. So, if you're frightened of dying and... and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth. Louis: If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth. Jezebel: Well, personally, I never went for church names.
  • Also known as: Alucinaciones del pasado (Mexico), Alucinaciones del pasado (Peru - imdb display title), Jacobs inferno (Norway), Jacobs inferno (Sweden), A Escada de Jacob (Portugal), Allucinazione perversa (Italy), Alucinações do Passado (Brazil), BZ - Viagem Alucinante (Portugal - imdb display title), Dante's Inferno ( - undefined), Dehsetin nefesi (Turkey - Turkish title), Drabina Jakubowa (Poland - imdb display title), Dzejkobova lestvica (Serbia - TV title), Dzejkobova lestvica kosmara (Serbia), Jákob lajtorjája (Hungary), Jaakobin painajainen (Finland), Jacob's Ladder - In der Gewalt des Jenseits (Germany), Jacob's mardröm (Finland - Swedish title), Jacobova ljestvica uzasa (Yugoslavia - imdb display title, Croatian title), Jakobova lestev groze (Slovenia), L'échelle de Jacob (France), La escalera de Jacob (Spain), Xypnima ston efialti (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title),

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