Short film

The Rougarou
15 min
A slow-creeping folk-horror short that trades jump scares for a lingering, uneasy sense of place and forgetting.
- Directed by
- Marion Forbes
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Starring
- Kyle Crosby, Jordan Joseph, Dane Rhodes
- Tagline
- It's not about what you remember, but what you forget.
- Overview
- A Louisiana Dread production, The Rougarou tells the story of Miranda, an insurance adjuster, who comes across one of the most notorious folklore legends in Louisiana history: The Rougarou.
- How it feels
- Eerie, tense and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Mystery, memory, isolation, fate
- Content
- Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Marion Forbes
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Starring
- Kyle Crosby, Jordan Joseph, Dane Rhodes

