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Plain Folks

2026 · 13 min

A short, uneasy culture-clash horror that makes a familiar campus feel quietly hostile and strange.

Directed by
Fatima Liaqat
Genres
Horror, Comedy
Overview
A Pakistani immigrant college freshman is excited to attend her first real college party, despite her fish-out-of-water status on the white, conservative, mostly Mormon campus, but a supernatural force with ties to the school has other plans for her.
How it feels
Brisk and needs your attention.
About
Isolation, identity, race, coming-of-age
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Directed by
Fatima Liaqat
Genres
Horror, Comedy
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror7
    Humour4
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension7
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    horror, comedy
    Directed by
    Fatima Liaqat
    Written by
    Fatima Liaqat
    Starring
    Tara Raani, Colette McDermott, Nicole Rainteau, Jaime Navarro, Christina Kartchner
    Cinematography
    Mike Maliwanag
    Runtime
    13 min
    Country
    United States of America

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