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Butterfly Kisses

2018 · 91 min

A slow-burn, layered found-footage descent into obsession that blurs the line between artist and madness, leaving you unsettled and complicit.

Directed by: Erik Kristopher Myers
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Drama
Starring: Seth Adam Kallick, Rachel Armiger, Reed Delisle

Tagline: The camera doesn't lie.
Overview: A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. As he sets out to prove this story is real and release it as a work of his own, he loses himself and the film crew following him into his project.

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Directed by: Erik Kristopher Myers
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Drama
Starring: Seth Adam Kallick, Rachel Armiger, Reed Delisle

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
madness
isolation
betrayal
guilt
Places: small town
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
mockumentary
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	7
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, mystery, drama
Directed by: Erik Kristopher Myers
Written by: Erik Kristopher Myers
Starring: Seth Adam Kallick, Rachel Armiger, Reed Delisle, Matt Lake, Eileen Del Valle, Janise Whelan, Michael Whelan, David Sterritt
Cinematography: Kenny Johnson
Runtime: 91 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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