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When the Darkness Comes

2014 · 91 min

A quiet, slow-building night in a remote haunted house where boredom curdles into unease.

Directed by
Malik Kleist
Genres
Horror
Overview
Minik and Hans are best friends in their early twenties in Greenland. Minik being down and Hans trying to cheer him up they look for an some excitement and a break from the mundane boredom. They learn about a claimed local haunted house and decide to have a sleep over to see what is real and what is not.

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Directed by
Malik Kleist
Genres
Horror
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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
    • friendship
    • isolation
    • mystery
    Places
    • small town
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror6
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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