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Box Men

2019 · 19 min

A short, tightly wound comedy of escalating suspicion that turns a mundane discovery into a jittery, funny descent into fixation.

Overview
Two men who live next door to one another spiral into paranoia when they find a box in their apartment.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • madness
  • isolation
  • mystery
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour6
Realism6
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Aaron Dylan Kearns
Written by
Aaron Dylan Kearns, Juli Kearns
Starring
Aaron Dylan Kearns, Tommy Ward, Tom Leary, Keaton Stewart, Ben Holst
Runtime
19 min

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