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A Shadow in the Corner of the Room

2026 · 14 min

A quiet, creeping dread settles in as ordinary caregiving slowly curdles into something watching and patient.

Directed by
Mercies May
Genres
Horror, Drama
Tagline
There are worse things than dying alone
Overview
Down-on-her-luck nurse, Avery, dismisses a care home resident's warnings of a shadowy presence as dementia...until it begins to turn its attention to her.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Isolation, death, fate
Content
Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Mercies May
Genres
Horror, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror7
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance0
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    horror, drama
    Directed by
    Mercies May
    Written by
    Mercies May
    Starring
    Bridget Opfer, Benny Santoro, Kitu Turcas, Catherine Valle-Taylor, Devon Hicks
    Music
    Mercies May
    Cinematography
    Ken Amlin
    Runtime
    14 min
    Country
    Canada, United States of America
    Languages
    English

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