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Death of a Yellow Bird

2026 · 93 min

A slow, dread-soaked descent into memory and decay, where static hides something worse than grief.

Directed by
Cody Calahan
Genres
Horror
Starring
Ari Millen
Overview
A terminally ill man returns to his childhood home searching for closure. While there he discovers, buried in the earth, the family’s long lost VHS camera. Inside the camera he finds a video tape of home movies. But as he watches, something disturbing begins bleeding through the static.
How it feels
Dark, eerie, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Grief, memory, isolation, death
Content
Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Cody Calahan
Genres
Horror
Starring
Ari Millen
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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
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror8
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Cody Calahan
Written by
Cody Calahan
Starring
Ari Millen
Cinematography
Jeff Maher
Runtime
93 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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