Reality and dreams collide for a depressing yet influential end in this 1990 psychological horror.
Even though it didn't fare well at the box office in 1990, Jacob’s Ladder has endured as a cult classic with an ending that is quite puzzling and dark - even for the horror genre. Falling into multiple genres, Jacob's Ladder is essentially a psychological horror that deals with the trauma of Jacob Singer, a Vietnam War veteran who seems to have his own personal tragedies and hallucinatory visions both before and after the conflict.
It becomes clear that this drug-fueled bloodshed is what was hinted early in the film, misleading viewers to think it's just the enemy forces attacking Jacob and his colleagues. Jacob's Ladder's drug elements become largely relevant in the context of American history given how the government has been alleged of conducting such secret experiments. For instance, the CIA's Project MKUltra caused lethal delirium among soldiers.
What Was Real In Jacob's Ladder? It is highly likely that the "lizard people" that Jacob encounters are merely figments of his imagination, triggered to a demonic level by the forced intake of the military-prescribed drugs. Convinced that he is in hell, Jacob mistakes these hallucinatory creations of his mind as actual devils.
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