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Highway

2016 · 10 min

A quiet, unsettling short that builds dread through isolation and eerie radio voices, leaving a lingering sense of unease.

Directed by
Vanessa Gazy
Genres
Mystery
Starring
Odessa Young, Rebecca Smart, Andrew S. Gilbert
Overview
A teenage hitchhiker traverses a lonely mountain highway and begins to pick a mysterious radio broadcast rife with ominous reports of the near future.

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Directed by
Vanessa Gazy
Genres
Mystery
Starring
Odessa Young, Rebecca Smart, Andrew S. Gilbert
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 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
  • mystery
  • isolation
  • fate
  • survival
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
mystery
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Odessa Young, Rebecca Smart, Andrew S. Gilbert, Rhiannon Zanker, Thomas Tripet
Runtime
10 min
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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