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Dead End

1980 · 24 min

A short, quietly unsettling slice of dread that builds unease through ordinary places and a persistent sense of being watched.

Directed by
Alan Birkinshaw
Genres
Horror
Starring
Belinda Mayne, Jenny Seagrove, Nigel Gregory
Overview
A woman receives a menacing phone call from a stranger and is later plagued by a series of eerie circumstances after she parks her car in a local parking garage.

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Directed by
Alan Birkinshaw
Genres
Horror
Starring
Belinda Mayne, Jenny Seagrove, Nigel Gregory
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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
    • isolation
    • fate
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror6
    Humour0
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension7
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    horror
    Directed by
    Alan Birkinshaw
    Written by
    Alan Birkinshaw
    Starring
    Belinda Mayne, Jenny Seagrove, Nigel Gregory, Tracy Hyde, Alan Ford, John Aston
    Music
    George Fenton
    Runtime
    24 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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