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Breaker

2014 · 5 min

A short, quietly unsettling vignette that turns a mundane blackout into a slow creep of unease.

Overview
After the power goes out in her apartment, a woman begins feeling less and less safe.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • fate
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror5
    Humour0
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension7
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Starring
    Molly McIntyre
    Runtime
    5 min

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