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Stillwatch

1987 · 93 min

A slow-burning psychological thriller that blends political intrigue with haunted-house dread and repressed trauma.

Directed by: Rod Holcomb
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Tv movie
Starring: Lynda Carter, Angie Dickinson, Don Murray

Overview: Television journalist, Patricia Traymore, moves to Washington to do an in-depth interview with vice presidential hopeful, Senator Abigail Winslow. She moves into a house where she lived as a child and where her father murdered her mother and attempted to kill her. She wants to face the past and, with the help of a psychic neighbor, Lila Thatcher, find some answers about this tragic event. In the meantime, Senator Winslow has some secrets she is hiding.

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Directed by: Rod Holcomb
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Tv movie
Starring: Lynda Carter, Angie Dickinson, Don Murray

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: trauma
memory
politics
deception
guilt
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	5
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: thriller, horror, tv movie
Directed by: Rod Holcomb
Written by: Laird Koenig, David E. Peckinpah
Starring: Lynda Carter, Angie Dickinson, Don Murray, Barry Primus, Louise Latham, Stuart Whitman, Walter Olkewicz, Jack Heller
Runtime: 93 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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