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The Shack

2012 · 13 min

A brief, uneasy date that curdles into something quietly wrong, keeping you tense and watchful until the last minute.

Directed by: Andrew Schwarz
Genres: Horror
Starring: Adam Walton, Jillian Rea, Andrew Varenhorst

Overview: A young couple's first date at the beach takes a strange turn when they visit a lifeguard shack.

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Directed by: Andrew Schwarz
Genres: Horror
Starring: Adam Walton, Jillian Rea, Andrew Varenhorst

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Tone
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
isolation
fate
Places: sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	6
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Andrew Schwarz
Written by: Andrew Schwarz
Starring: Adam Walton, Jillian Rea, Andrew Varenhorst, Christine Avery, Randy Nauert
Music: William Zapata
Cinematography: Kenton Drew Johnson
Runtime: 13 min

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