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The Woodsman

2020 · 90 min

A slow, uneasy plunge into small-town dread, where grief and suspicion hang over every scene and nothing feels safe.

Overview
In the small southern town of Nazareth, each month, for the last four months a girl has disappeared. They find the latest victim dead, tied to a tree, the only witness being her twelve year old daughter who can't remember what happened.

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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
    • grief
    • mystery
    • isolation
    • trauma
    • deception
    Places
    • small town
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror5
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension8
    Darkness8
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, mystery, thriller
    Directed by
    Paul Leach
    Starring
    Katie Oliver, William Goldman, Sonya Krueger, Jon Edwin Wright, Justin Cowden, Stephen James Caldwell, Joshua Benton, Anneke Hiatt
    Runtime
    90 min
    Languages
    English

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