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Caveat

2021 · 88 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into dread, where every creak and shadow feels like a threat, and the puzzle-box plot keeps you uneasy long after.

Directed by: Damian McCarthy
Genres: Horror, Mystery
Starring: Jonathan French, Leila Sykes, Ben Caplan

Tagline: You've been warned.
Overview: A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.

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Directed by: Damian McCarthy
Genres: Horror, Mystery
Starring: Jonathan French, Leila Sykes, Ben Caplan

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
isolation
guilt
betrayal
survival
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	0
Tension	9
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: horror, mystery
Directed by: Damian McCarthy
Written by: Damian McCarthy
Starring: Jonathan French, Leila Sykes, Ben Caplan, Conor Dwane, Inma Pavon, Siobhan Burton, Sam White
Cinematography: Kieran Fitzgerald
Runtime: 88 min
Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages: English

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