‘Jacob’s Ladder’ New 4K Restoration to Get National Theatrical Release

Director Adrian Lyne’s highly influential psychological horror movie, Jacob’s Ladder, is getting a brand new 4K restoration that’s heading to theaters this Halloween season.

The 4K restoration is set to make its World Premiere at the American Cinematheque’s Beyond Fest in Los Angeles on September 28 before opening at the IFC Center in New York City on Friday, October 3, with a national rollout to follow.

In Jacob’s Ladder, “Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins), a Vietnam War veteran plagued with troubling hallucinations and traumatic flashbacks, struggles to maintain his sanity as his terrible past invades his waking life. As girlfriend Jezzie (Elizabeth Peña) and chiropractor friend Louis (Danny Aiello) try to help him find balance, Jacob only descends further into madness and despair.”

Written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost), Lyne’s psychological horror movie presents a mind-bending look at the horrible effects of war on the human psyche. Time and reality distort through increasingly surreal images that torment Jacob. Twisted nightmare sequences are full of fast-twitching entities amidst settings that stretch normality, pervading his waking life and signaling that something’s deeply amiss as Jacob’s reality untethers further