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The Cycle

5 min

A short, uneasy loop that traps you in repetition and makes the familiar feel quietly wrong.

Directed by: Aiden Rohrbach
Genres: Horror
Starring: Jeffrey Saner, Darwin Rowland, Dylan Milne

Tagline: What is this some sort of cycle?
Overview: A teenage boy must find a way to escape reliving the same day over and over again.

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Directed by: Aiden Rohrbach
Genres: Horror
Starring: Jeffrey Saner, Darwin Rowland, Dylan Milne

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
fate
identity
trauma
Places: suburbs
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	0
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Aiden Rohrbach
Written by: Aiden Rohrbach
Starring: Jeffrey Saner, Darwin Rowland, Dylan Milne, Mason Hays
Cinematography: Dante Maritato
Runtime: 5 min

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