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File 253

2015 · 79 min

A slow, uneasy found-footage descent into an abandoned asylum, where creeping dread and uncertainty keep you on edge.

Directed by
Abe Rosenberg Fishbein
Genres
Horror
Starring
Anna Cetti, Mario Escalante, Michel Chauvet
Overview
In 2013 a psychiatric clinic which served for more than 50 years caring for patients in Mexico City was demolished. A few months before its demolition, four young men came to investigate the clinic, determined to discover the truth about rumors of strange and paranormal events, recording everything with which they encounter. Today, the whereabouts of these four young men are unknown, remaining only fragments of their recordings.

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Directed by
Abe Rosenberg Fishbein
Genres
Horror
Starring
Anna Cetti, Mario Escalante, Michel Chauvet
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • madness
  • mystery
  • death
  • conspiracy
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • found footage
  • mockumentary
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
horror
Directed by
Abe Rosenberg Fishbein
Written by
Abe Rosenberg Fishbein, Joseph Hemsani Levy
Starring
Anna Cetti, Mario Escalante, Michel Chauvet, Juan Luis Tovar
Cinematography
Joseph Hemsani Levy
Runtime
79 min
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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