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Playdead

3 min

A brief, unsettling animated fragment that feels like leafing through a cold case file, leaving more dread than answers.

Genres
Horror, Animation
Overview
A police notebook was found with notes and fragments of unsolved cases. This is an interpretation of one of the cases, described in detail in the notebook. St. Louis, Missouri, fall of 1968.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Mystery, crime, death
Content
Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror6
    Humour0
    Realism4
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    horror, animation
    Directed by
    Oscar González Luna
    Written by
    Oscar González Luna
    Runtime
    3 min
    Country
    Mexico
    Languages
    No Language

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