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Hypnagogia

2014 · 27 min

A short, unsettling plunge into a killer's nightmares, blurring dream and reality with slow-burn dread and a lingering sense of guilt.

Directed by
Lars-Erik Lie
Genres
Horror
Starring
Camilla Vestbø Losvik, Kim Ulvberget, Siri Rønning Bråten
Overview
Johnny is a photographer, he is also a rapist and killer, and suffers from sleep-paralysis. A dead girl tries to kill him in his dreams, or are the dreams in fact reality?

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Directed by
Lars-Erik Lie
Genres
Horror
Starring
Camilla Vestbø Losvik, Kim Ulvberget, Siri Rønning Bråten
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • obsession
  • death
  • violence
  • madness
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror8
Humour1
Realism4
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Lars-Erik Lie
Written by
Lars-Erik Lie
Starring
Camilla Vestbø Losvik, Kim Ulvberget, Siri Rønning Bråten, Runulfr Widugastir Tyrfing, Lars-Erik Lie
Runtime
27 min
Country
Norway

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