Short film

Paper Monsters

16 min

A short, uneasy slide into blurring fiction and reality, carried by quiet grief and creeping dread rather than shocks.

Overview: Tasked with finishing her late friend's horror novel, author Margo Finch finds herself in a twisted web of supernatural scares as the line between fiction and reality begins to blur.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, obsession, identity, madness
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
obsession
identity
madness
death
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: thriller
Directed by: Kait Sookdeo
Written by: Kait Sookdeo
Starring: Angelina DuBois, Aja Rose Davis, Abigail Clark, Jessica Celestina, Ava Dillhyon, Justin Denning
Cinematography: Isabella Chaves Coronel
Runtime: 16 min
Country: United States of America