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The Relic

2025 · 118 min

A slow, sorrowful descent into supernatural dread, anchored by a mother's raw grief and an unshakable sense of wrongness inside the home.

Directed by: Terry Aderholt
Genres: Horror
Starring: JonCatherine Middleton, Leeanne Locken Emberlin, Trevor VanArsdale

Overview: A grieving mother begins to believe that her dead son is trying to contact her. She arranges a seance that accidentally unleashes evil forces into her home.

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Directed by: Terry Aderholt
Genres: Horror
Starring: JonCatherine Middleton, Leeanne Locken Emberlin, Trevor VanArsdale

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
death
fate
family
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Terry Aderholt
Written by: Terry Aderholt
Starring: JonCatherine Middleton, Leeanne Locken Emberlin, Trevor VanArsdale, Jade Summers, Swisyzinna, Corey Pettit
Cinematography: Shreyansh Tiwari
Runtime: 118 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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