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Slender

2016 · 90 min

A slow creep through shaky footage and shadowed rooms, leaving you scanning the edges of the frame for something that shouldn't be there.

Directed by: Joel Petrie
Genres: Thriller, Horror
Starring: Joel Petrie, Dan Schovaers, Mili Parks

Tagline: Don't trust the shadows.
Overview: Two filmmakers searching for the perfect documentary subject stumble across a story that even they don't want to believe.

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Directed by: Joel Petrie
Genres: Thriller, Horror
Starring: Joel Petrie, Dan Schovaers, Mili Parks

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 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: obsession
isolation
mystery
madness
fate
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: thriller, horror
Directed by: Joel Petrie
Written by: Raymund Delmar, Joel Petrie
Starring: Joel Petrie, Dan Schovaers, Mili Parks, Jyllian Petrie, Ryan Templeman, Dave Nilson, Tiffany Pipkin, Jan Williams
Music: David Malachi
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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