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Vilt Gutt

2016 · 8 min

A short, unsettling night watch that turns quietly strange, leaving you uneasy about what lurks just beyond the light.

Directed by: Dawson Taylor
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Jor Brunn, Cody Goodfellow, Quentin Minnich

Overview: A night on the job for a Norwegian park ranger takes a turn for the bizarre when she encounters a naked Deer-like creature: The Vilt.

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Directed by: Dawson Taylor
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Jor Brunn, Cody Goodfellow, Quentin Minnich

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: isolation
nature
survival
mystery
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	0
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: thriller
Directed by: Dawson Taylor
Written by: Dawson Taylor
Starring: Jor Brunn, Cody Goodfellow, Quentin Minnich, Izzy Pollak
Runtime: 8 min

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