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Encounter

2016 · 84 min

A slow, uneasy found-footage haunting that turns a quiet farmhouse into a place of creeping dread and possession.

Directed by: Susannah O'Brien
Genres: Horror
Starring: Justin Arnold, Andrea Nelson, Don Scribner

Tagline: You can't pray them away.
Overview: A newlywed couple Ted and Lauren rent an old farm house to do a thesis on orbs and set up cameras, Strange ghostly noises and haunting occur at night. Ted sees video of Lauren, possessed and wandering the fields at night. When their roommate kills himself they decide to do a séance to see what is haunting the house. Little do they know what they hear and fear is nothing they can pray away.

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Directed by: Susannah O'Brien
Genres: Horror
Starring: Justin Arnold, Andrea Nelson, Don Scribner

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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
obsession
grief
faith
madness
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Susannah O'Brien
Written by: Susannah O'Brien
Starring: Justin Arnold, Andrea Nelson, Don Scribner, Jonathan R. Freeman, Jack Hunter, Carolyn Ratteray, Michael Phillip Edwards
Runtime: 84 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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