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Praying Mantis

2024

A slow, suffocating standoff that keeps you tense and uneasy, with dread pressing in from all sides.

Overview
On the run after abandoning his post, a Confederate soldier takes shelter in the isolated cabin of two women who now find themselves at his mercy.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • power
  • violence
  • war
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Mackenzie Breeden
Written by
Riley Scott, Mackenzie Breeden
Starring
Sam Straley, Mackenzie Breeden, Story Slaughter
Languages
English

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