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The Rusted

2015 · 20 min

A quiet, uneasy night in a house that remembers too much, unsettling more than shocking.

Directed by
Kat Candler
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Josh Hutcherson, Jena Malone, Will Green
Overview
A brother and sister return to their childhood home in order to remodel the space into a recording studio. The house soon turns out not to be as quaint as it seems. Terrifying memories emerge as the siblings spend a night in the house that has destroyed their past.

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Directed by
Kat Candler
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Josh Hutcherson, Jena Malone, Will Green
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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
    • memory
    • trauma
    • isolation
    • family
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror6
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, thriller
    Directed by
    Kat Candler
    Written by
    Kat Candler
    Starring
    Josh Hutcherson, Jena Malone, Will Green, Julia Butters
    Music
    Curtis Heath
    Cinematography
    Andrew Droz Palermo
    Runtime
    20 min
    Languages
    English

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