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BUG

A slow, clammy descent into bodily dread and quiet alienation, staged in sterile rooms that feel increasingly wrong.

Directed by: Dana St. Amand
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Chloe Baldwin, Zane Haney, Will Putnam

Overview: An adaptation of “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, set in a 1960s laboratory.

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Directed by: Dana St. Amand
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Chloe Baldwin, Zane Haney, Will Putnam

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
madness
family
Places: workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: Dana St. Amand
Written by: Dana St. Amand
Starring: Chloe Baldwin, Zane Haney, Will Putnam, Ricki Hickenbottom, Mark Garrett, Adam Rougemont, Deven Kammerichs-Berke
Languages: English

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