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Night of the Twisters

1996 · 92 min

A tense, family-friendly disaster ride with earnest stepfather-stepson drama and plenty of tornado mayhem.

Directed by: Timothy Bond
Genres: Action, Drama
Starring: John Schneider, Devon Sawa, Amos Crawley

Overview: A teenager boy bonds with his stepfather while battling a series of killer twisters.

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Directed by: Timothy Bond
Genres: Action, Drama
Starring: John Schneider, Devon Sawa, Amos Crawley

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
survival
coming-of-age
parenthood
grief
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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

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Genres: action, drama
Directed by: Timothy Bond
Written by: Sam Graham, Chris Hubbell
Starring: John Schneider, Devon Sawa, Amos Crawley, Lori Hallier, Laura Bertram, David Ferry, Helen Hughes, Jhene Erwin
Music: Lawrence Shragge
Cinematography: Peter Benison
Runtime: 92 min
Country: Canada, United States of America
Languages: English

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