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The Vanishing
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205 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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The Vanishing is a 2019 thriller mystery film, directed by Kristoffer Nyholm, starring Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan and Connor Swindells.
- 183 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Aug 13, 2023 to Nov 5, 2026
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60 of 205 · most liked firstI have seen the (Dutch) movie The Vanishing one time and I probably think about it every month. (If you plan to see it, do not read spoilers.)
positive · AI labelView post →Movie Of The Day... The Vanishing (1993) 🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching for the 1st time: 🎥 Spoorloos (1988) aka The Vanishing 🎬 Directed By: George Sluizer #Filmsky #Moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →What's a movie thats basically a masterpiece but no one talks about? ⚰️🎥🖤 SPOORLOOS aka The Vanishing (1988)
neutral · AI labelView post →Spoorloos aka The Vanishing ⁞1988 www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163 #NowWatching #filmsky #horrormovies ·Rex and Saskia, a young couple are on vacation. they stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. after three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor...·
neutral · AI labelView post →Let's assume that it was AND that it was released in 1896 prior to THE VANISHING LADY. The film involves an actress lifting babies out of the cabbage patch by one arm and setting them on the ground (clunk!) That's the narrative. Okay, if we want to squint and say that it is a narrative film...
neutral · AI labelView post →Official The ___ing horror movie rankings: 1) The Shining 2) The Thing 3) The Haunting (1960s version) 4) The Wailing 5) The Conjuring 6) The Vanishing 7) The Changeling (1980s version)
neutral · AI labelView post →George Sluizer (with scenes from his 1988 film "The Vanishing") - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →The Vanishing is a great movie except you’ll be up all night afterwards
positive · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Year 2, Day #174 "The Vanishing" (George Sluizer/1988) I'm told this film is absolutely chilling with an ending that will stick with you. I wouldn't know though, as I have not watched it yet. I've got to watch this one soon!
neutral · AI labelView post →Erramentari - always up for a good Satan film Terrified - don’t like creatures under the bed horror, but was totally worth it Bring Her Back - Aussies do terrifying better than anyone else The Vanishing - makes Jame Gumb look like a Sunday school teacher #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →I kind of gave up on the idea of a top ten silent films list, so instead let me choose one recommended film per decade of projected silent cinema! 1890s: THE VANISHING LADY (1896) is a simple illusion but Georges Méliès shows that the secret to film success is in a charismatic performance.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some of you asked about other writing I've done for ANTI. I wrote this essay in 2023 to intro Andy Shauf's NORM, a beautiful, terrifying record. Imagine the Dutch movie THE VANISHING narrated by the kidnapper, the boyfriend, and a self-absorbed God, where most of the key events take place offscreen.
neutral · AI labelView post →The last 4 movies I watched... Bugonia The Vanishing Hail, Caesar! Sirāt #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #moviesky boxd.it/Iqj
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's film The Vanishing (1988)
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching THE VANISHING (1988). Director: George Sluizer. Gene Bervoets, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu. Rewatching an old favorite, not the pointless Americanized remake. #filmsky 🎥📽🎬🎞 Criterion Collection 133
positive · AI labelView post →George Sluizer (with scenes from his 1988 film "The Vanishing") - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →#Horror365Challenge 292/365 The Vanishing (1988) Dir. George Sluizer Please watch this movie. 5⭐️!
positive · AI labelView post →The Vanishing is way up on my list of film I know are probably as great as reputed but have exempted myself from ever watching. Giving a note to the teacher saying "Moss is excused from this screening, she's got a condition."
neutral · AI labelView post →Spoorloos (The Vanishing). Unbelievably tense and unsettling film, particularly considering how little actually happens.
positive · AI labelView post →Using MOVIE as an acronym, recommend 5 films. My picks - (French silent films only) M - Michael Strogoff (1926) O - Onesime vs Onesime (1912) V - The Vanishing Lady (1896) I - The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1905) E - An Excursion to the Moon (1908)
neutral · AI labelView post →The 1973 film with Christopher Lee is a British folk horror masterpiece and my personal favorite horror film (tied with the original 1988 Dutch version of The Vanishing); the 2006 film with Nic Cage is a hilarious slapstick comedy and trash classic
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched «Spoorloos» (The Vanishing) from 1988 and MAN what a movie. Loved it <3
positive · AI labelView post →‘Spoorloos’ aka ‘The Vanishing’ is so scary in many ways, not least is the kidnapping scene and the background sound. In the American remake it’s overlaid with music, but in the Dutch original you can hear the sound of people playing in the rest area… as poor Johanna ter Steege is kidnapped.
neutral · AI labelView post →At the end of a screening of the European version of The Vanishing a man turned to the audience*, who were all contemplating what we’d just seen, and said, “Don’t do what the guy in the film did.” He walked out. It broke the tension. *It wasn’t a packed cinema. Just the man, my friend and me.
neutral · AI labelView post →14. Few films have left me feeling as awful as The Vanishing. Not just a film about a disappearance or the life of a psychopath, but about all-consuming obsession. Go watch it!
positive · AI labelView post →Michelle Yeoh and her co-stars from Star Trek movie Section 31 are on the cover of SFX issue 387. Also inside: Wolf Man, Presence, Severance, Goosebumps: The Vanishing, Mayfair Witches, Starman and lots more! More info: gamesradar.com/uk/sfx-magazin… Buy online: magazinesdirect.com/az-magazines/6���
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy #LetterboxdFriday! What's YOUR #LastFourWatched? Blues Brothers & Scream were comfort watches while I was sick, love both. Inherit The Wind was on my Nana's movie list & was a great courtroom flick. The Vanishing started ok but nosedived 2/3 of the way through. Not recommended. #Letterboxd
negative · AI labelView post →#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched The Vanishing (Spoorloos) (1988), The Snails (1966), MIB (1997), and Predator: Badlands (the third best Weyland-Yutani film after Alien and Aliens and with Prey demonstrates that there can be creativity in the old franchises).
neutral · AI labelView post →I always get 'The Vanishing Point' confused with 'The Turning Point' and kinda think a a ballet film high speed car chase would make a pretty good movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Remember that movie The Vanishing? We sometimes wonder about those mysterious covered holes found on the golf course.
neutral · AI labelView post →#FebruaryMovieChallenge #Moviesky 2/4 - somebody taken against their will Spoorloos (The Vanishing) 1988 Director: George Sluizer
neutral · AI labelView post →What are the most unforgettable kidnapping horror films ever made? @frightclub.bsky.social argues from The Vanishing to Oldboy. Their new list taps into that primal childhood fear of being taken. Read the full ranking. gnofhorror.com/5-kidnapping... #Horror #Movies #Film #Podcast
neutral · AI labelView post →one of the most haunting shots in movie history, film < 2000 (fuck THE VANISHING, fuck it forever)
negative · AI labelView post →Guys, stop the presses! Tubi has Truffaut's movie The Green Room (1978) under the title of The Vanishing Fiancee -- I've been looking for this movie for years!
neutral · AI labelView post →the leads of "The Vanishing" reunited in a beautiful short film www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Cb...
neutral · AI labelView post →without saying your age, post your favourite film that was released the year you turned 18 I already posted about "The Vanishing" and "They Live", but "Hairspray" was also pretty great.
neutral · AI labelView post →I did like 1, 5, and 6, and also Get Out, Us, Wicker Man, Midsommar, Under the Skin. The Shining is a fave. But in general it's not my favorite genre. There is only one that permanently fucked me up and it is The Vanishing (Spoorloos) from 1988. Great film, but I really wish I hadn't watched.
positive · AI labelView post →Name the worst ever film remake. 🎖️ Original: Spoorloos (aka The Vanishing, Netherlands, 1988) 💩 Remake: The Vanishing (Hollywood, 1993) If not the worst ever remake, still the one that bothers me the most. The remake leaves out all the parts of the plot that make the original great.
negative · AI labelView post →The Vanishing (1988) was an astonishing film, but after seeing it once, I’m good! So good. Completely, forever good.
positive · AI labelView post →#nowwatching The Vanishing aka Spoorloos. Been years.
neutral · AI labelView post →What’s the scariest movie with zero supernatural elements? THE VANISHING is definitely Top 3 for me. Maybe Top 1.
positive · AI labelView post →This article is also how I found out that George Sluizer (of The Vanishing fame! love that film) made a short film about a Palestinian family in Beirut
neutral · AI labelView post →I got a trial of StudioCanal yesterday to watch Mulholland Drive, and am currently watching the original of The Vanishing (Spoorloos). What a deeply unsettling movie that is. Everybody knows the final scene (right?), but I did not remember that the 90 mins before are also phenomenal.
positive · AI labelView post →The Vanishing 1988 Really liked this movie and was planning to watch the remake until I found out the ending. I won’t spoil it but I think I’m going to give it a miss.
positive · AI labelView post →This week's new SFE entries can be found here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php with author Adrian McKinty, the 1934 film serial 'The Vanishing Shadow', the 1952-1954 US comic 'Strange Fantasy' and a theme entry on 'Magnetism'. Here's some 'The Vanishing Shadow' related images:
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie years project Year 1988 (77/122) Now Watching 📽️ #8/14 The Vanishing dir. George Sluizer rec'd by @24fpsuk.bsky.social, @jasonachristian.bsky.social, @moonagedaydream.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Much to see in the @injusticewatch.org newsletter, including my story on a judge seeking to keep her post after many reversals. Plus, my select recommendations for spooky movies at theaters in Oct. I will not undersell how freaky "Spoorloos/The Vanishing" is. www.injusticewatch.org/subscribe/
neutral · AI labelView post →6/100 The Vanishing Tour (2026) #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days #HorrorSky #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →#MayMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 25. Missing person notice shown in a movie The Vanishing (1988) dir. George Sluizer
neutral · AI labelView post →In the movie, "The Vanishing" there's a scene where characters are cleaning up spilled mercury. It's clear they used gallium for the filming. Gallium has a lower surface tension than mercury, which you can see visually. That said, I'm glad they made the effort rather than just not having the scene.
neutral · AI labelView post →This. Movie. Fucked. Me. Up. My mom took me with her friend to Laughlin, NV when i was 10. The only thing there was casinos. One had a movie theater, which was the only place i was allowed besides our room. I prolly saw this 20 times. Wrong. Movie. 😵 [quote below shows a scene from The Vanishing]
negative · AI labelView post →38) The Vanishing (1988) — the most terrifying movie where all the terrifying things happen off-screen and in in-between time. I think about it at least once a week.
positive · AI labelView post →#OctoberRecs #Moviesky #Horrorsky for your October viewing, recommending my favorite Horror/Thrillers I've recently discovered 1. the Girl with the Needle 2. MadS 3. the Vanishing ('88) 4. Strange Circus (2005) Director: Sion Sono a Japanese David Lynch movie if I ever saw one
positive · AI labelView post →Stanley Kubrick called 1988’s The Vanishing the most terrifying film he had ever seen. Had a conversation with Jim Shepard about his amazing Believer piece exploring why that is: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tou…
neutral · AI labelView post →Added To Watchlist: THE VANISHING (1988) Olivichii on George Sluizer’s existential horror film, which remains as harrowing as ever. www.neonsplatter.com/added-to-wat...
neutral · AI labelView post →quote this with an image from an amazing film you think more people should see ‘The Vanishing’ (Dutch: ‘Spoorloos’)(1988, George Sluizer) #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally watched. By far the most upsetting movie I’ve watched since THE VANISHING. I’ll think about it forever.
neutral · AI labelView post →We showed off ‘The Vanishing of S.S. Willie’ at the 2024 ‘It’s Only A Movie!’ Festival last night! It was a good spooky time. 🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with: One book: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, Maggie O'Farrell One film: The English Patient One album: The Bends One TV show: Schitt's Creek
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