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The Discarnates

1988 · 108 min

A haunting, tender ghost story that drifts between warm nostalgia and creeping dread, slowly draining you as it goes. Melancholy and strange, it lingers like a half-remembered dream.

Genres
Fantasy, Drama, Horror
Tagline
Bizarre love for the undead, Driven ever closer to the brink of doom.
Overview
A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life energy. Now, he must choose between starting a new life or staying forever in the past.

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • family
    • memory
    • isolation
    • death
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror6
    Humour2
    Realism5
    Romance3
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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