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Still Life

2015 · 15 min

A quiet, unsettling little film that lingers on morbid fixation and leaves you uneasy rather than frightened.

Directed by
Austin Thomas Wood
Genres
Romance, Horror
Starring
Scott Hamm Duenas
Overview
A mortician falls in love with a dead body

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Directed by
Austin Thomas Wood
Genres
Romance, Horror
Starring
Scott Hamm Duenas
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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
    • obsession
    • death
    • isolation
    • love
    • madness
    Places
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror7
    Humour1
    Realism5
    Romance4
    Tension6
    Darkness8
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    romance, horror
    Directed by
    Austin Thomas Wood
    Written by
    Austin Thomas Wood
    Starring
    Scott Hamm Duenas
    Runtime
    15 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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