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Trapped Ashes

2006 · 105 min

A patchy but eerie anthology that mixes campy shocks with surreal dread, asking you to lean in as each story unfolds.

Directed by: Joe Dante, Monte Hellman
Genres: Horror
Starring: Jayce Bartok, Henry Gibson, Lara Harris

Tagline: 5 Tales of Terror From the Biggest Names in Horror
Overview: Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories.

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Directed by: Joe Dante, Monte Hellman
Genres: Horror
Starring: Jayce Bartok, Henry Gibson, Lara Harris

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
death
identity
isolation
betrayal
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	7
Humour	4
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Joe Dante, Monte Hellman, Ken Russell, Sean S. Cunningham
Written by: Dennis Bartok
Starring: Jayce Bartok, Henry Gibson, Lara Harris, Scott Lowell, Dick Miller, Michèle-Barbara Pelletier, John Saxon, Rachel Veltri
Music: Kenji Kawai
Cinematography: Zoran Popović
Runtime: 105 min
Country: Japan, United States of America
Languages: English

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