Short film

The Manor: First Encounter
2026 · 20 min
A slow, uneasy short that lets quiet rural dread build before the strange force makes itself felt.
- Directed by
- Woulfe Bova
- Genres
- Action, Science fiction, Mystery
- Starring
- Luke Nieves, Matt Walton, Jesse Boitel
- Tagline
- Experience the chilling first encounter
- Overview
- At the turn of the century, a Manhattan family’s move to an Upstate New York hamlet inadvertently awakens an extra-terrestrial force that torments the community.
- How it feels
- Tense, eerie and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Isolation, family, fate, survival
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Woulfe Bova
- Genres
- Action, Science fiction, Mystery
- Starring
- Luke Nieves, Matt Walton, Jesse Boitel


