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The Chosen Ones

2025 · 10 min

A short, quietly mounting dread as an idyllic seaside moment slowly turns into an inescapable trap.

Directed by: Fercks Castellani
Genres: Horror
Starring: Ezequiel Rodríguez, Clara Kovacic

Overview: On a deserted beach, Matías and Laura enjoy an idyllic moment by the sea. But the tide rises and reaches their feet, revealing the shackles that bind them to a concrete base beneath the sand. It's only a matter of time.

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Directed by: Fercks Castellani
Genres: Horror
Starring: Ezequiel Rodríguez, Clara Kovacic

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Tone
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
fate
Places: sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Fercks Castellani
Written by: Fercks Castellani
Starring: Ezequiel Rodríguez, Clara Kovacic
Cinematography: Juan Sebastián Molano
Runtime: 10 min
Country: Argentina
Languages: Spanish

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