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The Tent

2020 · 85 min

A quiet, uneasy survival story that keeps you tense with unseen threats and a slow, deliberate pace.

Directed by: Kyle Couch
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Tim Kaiser, Lulu Dahl, Shelby Bradley

Tagline: Survive
Overview: An apocalyptic event known as The Crisis has devastated David's world leaving him to rely on survival tactics learned from childhood. Isolated and alone, David has taken refuge in a tent on the edge of the wilderness. Soon enough, another survivor emerges, Mary, who immediately begins questioning David's tactics and ultimately putting them in the cross-hairs of "Those Who Walk In Darkness", unseen creatures that may or may not be responsible for The Crisis.

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Directed by: Kyle Couch
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Tim Kaiser, Lulu Dahl, Shelby Bradley

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 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: survival
isolation
fate
freedom
identity
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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

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Genres: drama, thriller
Directed by: Kyle Couch
Written by: Kyle Couch
Starring: Tim Kaiser, Lulu Dahl, Shelby Bradley, Christine Marie, Jeannine Thompson, Michael Haase, Jeff Kaiser, Timmy Kaiser
Runtime: 85 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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