"Images" is a psychological thriller movie directed by Robert Altman released in 1972. The story revolves around Cathryn, a writer and a schizophrenic housewife played by Susannah York. Cathryn lives in an isolated cottage in the Irish countryside with her architect husband Hugh (Rene Auberjonois), who is away on a business trip.
Cathryn is left alone with her haunting past and her disturbed mental state, which makes her hallucinate different apparitions. The apparitions confuse her, and she struggles to differentiate them from reality. The apparitions include a young girl, an old woman, a seductive man, and a violent girl.
As the story progresses, Cathryn tries to make sense of the apparitions by writing about them. But, she soon realizes that the borders between reality and her hallucinatory world have blurred into each other. She struggles to stay sane as the apparitions start terrorizing her, and the line between her imagination and reality becomes increasingly blurred.
Without spoiling the ending, it can be said that the movie ends with a twist and leaves the audience questioning the reality of what they have seen. "Images" creates an eerie atmosphere, using the Irish landscape as a menacing backdrop to Cathryn's mental turmoil. The movie explores the inner workings of Cathryn's mind and blurs the line between fiction and reality, leaving the audience wondering what is real and what is not.