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Dermatophagia

2025 · 12 min

A disorienting plunge into a bad trip, blending psychological unease with visceral body horror and a mounting sense of betrayal.

Directed by: Michael Anthony Kurtz
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Drama
Starring: Syd Freland, Nolan Winters, MAPLE

Tagline: When the mind breaks, the body follows.
Overview: Fearing that his relationships are crumbling, a troubled young man takes magic mushrooms at his birthday party. But as the night spirals into hallucination and horror, he must decide whether his friends are betraying him or trying to save him from himself.

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Directed by: Michael Anthony Kurtz
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Drama
Starring: Syd Freland, Nolan Winters, MAPLE

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
betrayal
isolation
friendship
identity
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: thriller, horror, drama
Directed by: Michael Anthony Kurtz
Written by: Michael Anthony Kurtz
Starring: Syd Freland, Nolan Winters, MAPLE, Grey Wilson, Ronni Perez, Brody Jones, Quinn Gartner, Austin B. Smith
Cinematography: Elijah De Billie
Runtime: 12 min

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