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The Haunting of Alcatraz

2020 · 86 min

A slow, gloomy prison-set chiller that leans on shadows and dread more than shocks.

Tagline: Inspired by actual events at America's most notorious jail.
Overview: Alcatraz. 1937. A young prison guard working the night shift experiences a string of chilling disturbances culminating in the bizarre death of an inmate at the most famous prison in the world
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, death, madness, guilt
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
bleakstrength 1 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
death
madness
guilt
Places: prison
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none