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The Oak Room

2020 · 89 min

A claustrophobic, snowbound night of storytelling that slowly tightens into a knot of dread and double-crosses.

Directed by: Cody Calahan
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Starring: RJ Mitte, Peter Outerbridge, Ari Millen

Tagline: You're not going to believe what happened at The Oak Room.
Overview: During a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by telling him a story, the night's events quickly spin into a dark tale of mistaken identities, double-crosses and shocking violence.

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Directed by: Cody Calahan
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Starring: RJ Mitte, Peter Outerbridge, Ari Millen

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: deception
betrayal
guilt
isolation
violence
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: horror, mystery, thriller
Directed by: Cody Calahan
Written by: Peter Genoway
Starring: RJ Mitte, Peter Outerbridge, Ari Millen, Nicholas Campbell, Martin Roach, David Ferry, Amos Crawley, Avery Esteves
Music: Steph Copeland
Cinematography: Jeff Maher
Runtime: 89 min
Country: Canada
Languages: English

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