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The Fly

2025 · 6 min

A brief, unsettling experimental piece that feels like a strange dream, asking you to lean in and sit with its unease.

Directed by
Jack Carrivick
Starring
Elf Lyons
Overview
Inspired by Marcel Marceau’s The Hands, The Fly is the first in a short film trilogy of experimental horror, based on Elf Lyons’ one-woman show RAVEN.
How it feels
Eerie, dark, tense and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Madness, obsession, isolation, identity
Content
Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Jack Carrivick
Starring
Elf Lyons
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
None
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror7
Humour2
Realism3
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Directed by
Jack Carrivick
Written by
Elf Lyons
Starring
Elf Lyons
Cinematography
Thomas Terminet
Runtime
6 min
Country
United States of America

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