Short film

Blankets

2026 · 7 min

A hushed, oppressive late-night ritual that turns a family's mourning into something quietly wrong and hard to shake.

Overview: A mother attempts to resurrect her dead husband with the help of her eleven year old son.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, bleak and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, family, death, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
death
isolation
trauma
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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