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Black Pill

2019 · 11 min

A queasy, claustrophobic descent into digital despair that lingers like a bad dream.

Directed by
Jessi Gaston
Genres
Horror
Overview
Set in a near-future techno-dystopia, a suicidal shut-in orders pills from a mysterious online company in a last-ditch attempt to fulfill their wildest fantasies.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Jessi Gaston
Genres
Horror
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • technology
  • death
  • identity
Places
  • home
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour2
Realism5
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
horror
Directed by
Jessi Gaston
Runtime
11 min
Languages
English

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