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The Break

1974 · 60 min

A tight, claustrophobic chamber piece that slowly tightens the screws through talk and humiliation rather than spectacle.

Genres: Tv movie, Horror, Mystery
Starring: Jack Hedley, Tony Selby, Robert Shaw

Overview: Two strangers break into a man's house and subject him to a series of terrifying - and humiliating - mind games.

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Genres: Tv movie, Horror, Mystery
Starring: Jack Hedley, Tony Selby, Robert Shaw

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Tone
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
power
violence
fate
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	0
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: tv movie, horror, mystery, drama
Written by: William Fairchild
Starring: Jack Hedley, Tony Selby, Robert Shaw, Mary Ure
Runtime: 60 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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