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Torment

2025 · 12 min

A hushed, unsettling vintage-style nightmare that crawls under your skin through atmosphere and silence rather than shocks.

Directed by: Gary Hill
Genres: Horror
Starring: Andrew Laabs, Gary Hill, Kristina Lafser

Overview: In this pseudo-vintage short, silent film based on the story by Gary Hill, a a woman is being treated for an unusual condition in a psychiatric hospital.

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Directed by: Gary Hill
Genres: Horror
Starring: Andrew Laabs, Gary Hill, Kristina Lafser

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 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: madness
isolation
identity
trauma
fate
Places: hospital
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	4
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Gary Hill
Starring: Andrew Laabs, Gary Hill, Kristina Lafser, Shanta Pasika, Jeff Scaduto, Ryan Gravagno
Runtime: 12 min

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