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Nightmares Unleashed

2018 · 15 min

A short, jittery plunge into dream logic where a TV screen swallows you into cheap, uneasy scares.

Directed by: John Polace, Matthew Mark Hunter
Genres: Thriller, Horror
Starring: Matthew Mark Hunter, Julia Reed, Chris Wiggins

Tagline: Your Nightmares May Become A Reality
Overview: A young girl loves watching horror films but always gets nightmares from them. She gets grabbed into the TV one night and has to escape her worst nightmares through the movies.

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Directed by: John Polace, Matthew Mark Hunter
Genres: Thriller, Horror
Starring: Matthew Mark Hunter, Julia Reed, Chris Wiggins

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: fate
identity
freedom
family
Places: home
fantasy world
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	6
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: thriller, horror
Directed by: John Polace, Matthew Mark Hunter
Written by: John Polace, Matthew Mark Hunter, Autumn Cohara, Anthony Liotta
Starring: Matthew Mark Hunter, Julia Reed, Chris Wiggins, Fady Makary, Zach Bonvenuto, Leah Pajarillaga, Kurt Campbell, Marcella Michalski
Runtime: 15 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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