hallucinatory

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Rather than recapitulate historical chronicles, Mr. Enrigue imagines the event from the Aztec point of view, creating an account that is gory, hallucinatory and thrilling in its strangeness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

It would make a great double-feature with Burt Lancaster’s 1968 “The Swimmer,” another hallucinatory psychodrama about a braggart skidding downhill.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

Luke said on some occasions, his hallucinatory flashbacks would come about while he was instructing new recruits.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

The guest star roster expands this season, looping in Gwendoline Christie, John Noble, Merritt Wever and Alia Shawkat, among others, blending them into the show’s hallucinatory starkness without drawing us out of the story.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

The scene was at once idyllic and hallucinatory.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers