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Wolf Cake

2025 · 12 min

A short, disorienting plunge into surreal dread, where a child's desperate insistence frays into something unsettling and strange.

Directed by
Marko Salazar
Genres
Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Tagline
What do you wish for on your birthday?
Overview
After stumbling upon a surreal scene of a Wolf eating his birthday cake, a troubled boy finds himself stuck in a desperate struggle trying to convince his skeptical friend of what he just saw. When his friend refuses to believe him, the situation gets dramatically worse as worlds unravel and true human nature is revealed.
How it feels
Eerie, tense, absurd and dark. Brisk and needs your attention.
About
Identity, isolation, madness, deception
Content
Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Marko Salazar
Genres
Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
teen
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour3
Realism3
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
thriller, fantasy, horror
Directed by
Marko Salazar
Starring
Caiden Falstrup-Finney, Matthew Garbacz
Cinematography
Ray Shay
Runtime
12 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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