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Broil

2020 · 99 min

A stylish, blood-soaked family showdown that mixes dark comedy with supernatural horror, keeping you tense and unsettled.

Directed by: Edward Drake
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Starring: Avery Konrad, Jonathan Lipnicki, Timothy V. Murphy

Tagline: Family is served.
Overview: A listless grand-daughter, Chance Sinclair, is sentenced to live with her draconian grand-father, August after a violent incident at school and begins to question the source of her families immense wealth and power. When Chance's scheming Mom, June hires a troubled chef Sydney to poison August, the family's monstrous secrets are revealed over the course of one bloody night. Every soul is up for grabs as The Sinclair Family Games Night gets underway and Chance learns that being a part of this family is a blood-in, blood-out proposition.

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Directed by: Edward Drake
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Starring: Avery Konrad, Jonathan Lipnicki, Timothy V. Murphy

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
betrayal
power
corruption
survival
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	7
Humour	4
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: fantasy, horror, thriller
Directed by: Edward Drake
Written by: Edward Drake, Piper Mars
Starring: Avery Konrad, Jonathan Lipnicki, Timothy V. Murphy, Corey Large, Lochlyn Munro, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Alyson Bath, Lyric Kennedy
Cinematography: Wai Sun Cheng
Runtime: 99 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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