demented

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Doug feverishly bangs out a script and Griff, who plans to star in the remake, calls it “a masterpiece,” though the demented glint in Mr. Black’s eyes assures us it’s anything but.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

It is, at times, delightfully demented, a family film with a weird streak — perhaps at times even a slightly sinister one.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Sam Neill stars in “Madness” as an insurance investigator who, sent to find a missing, bestselling horror author, ends up stumbling into the demented New England small town of the author’s books.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

It’s just another weekly edition of “SmackDown” in Don’s demented mind.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2025

I am a “good person,” as my demented charges at the nursing home agree, but maybe Em also just sick of my suddenly acquired insignificance.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich