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The Unfolding

2016 · 90 min

A slow-building, unsettling haunted-house experience that keeps you tense with its eerie atmosphere and found-footage intimacy.

Directed by
Eugene McGing
Genres
Mystery, Horror, Thriller
Starring
Lachlan Nieboer, Lisa Kerr, Nick Julian
Tagline
Some nightmares you don't wake up from.
Overview
It is 2016 and a fearful world seems to be on the brink of a nuclear catastrophe. A researcher in psychical events and his girlfriend travel to deepest Dartmoor to investigate a centuries-old building. What they unlock and discover is way more than they could have ever bargained for. An exciting first feature from newcomer Eugene McGing, who expertly takes familiar tropes and gives them a fresh spin in this genuinely terrifying haunted house tale.

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  • Icon Film Amazon Channel
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Directed by
Eugene McGing
Genres
Mystery, Horror, Thriller
Starring
Lachlan Nieboer, Lisa Kerr, Nick Julian
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • fate
  • survival
  • mystery
  • freedom
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • found footage
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour1
Realism5
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
mystery, horror, thriller
Directed by
Eugene McGing
Written by
Eugene McGing
Starring
Lachlan Nieboer, Lisa Kerr, Nick Julian, Kitty McGeever, Robert Daws, Sam Swainsbury
Cinematography
Cinders Forshaw
Runtime
90 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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