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Silent Number

1993 · 15 min

A short, clammy little chiller that traps you in a stormy house with a ringing phone and a growing sense of dread.

Directed by: Jamie Blanks
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Bronwyn Jones, John Brumpton, Jason Mill

Overview: A young woman takes a babysitting job during a bad thunderstorm. She begins to receive frightening phone calls from a young boy who claims he needs help. It seems that the boy's abusive father has locked him up somewhere, and he can't get out. The woman calls the police so they can trace the boy's call, and then they all learn the shocking truth about the boy's whereabouts.

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Directed by: Jamie Blanks
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Bronwyn Jones, John Brumpton, Jason Mill

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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
deception
fate
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: Jamie Blanks
Written by: Jamie Blanks
Starring: Bronwyn Jones, John Brumpton, Jason Mill
Runtime: 15 min
Country: Australia
Languages: English

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