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The Young People

A slow dread creeps in as a school friendship curdles into something quietly wrong, keeping you uneasy and watchful throughout.

Overview: Centers on a couple of school friends, one of whom starts to develop red flag behavior.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Friendship, obsession, coming-of-age, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: friendship
obsession
coming-of-age
identity
isolation
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild