Duppy

A quiet, unsettling short that creeps up on you, blending cultural unease with a slow-building dread.

Directed by

Andrew Hamilton

Genres

Horror, Drama

Starring

Jay Knight, Grace McDonald, Peyton McLean

Tagline

Nothing good can come of it.

Overview

Pulled from Jamaican folklore, DUPPY is a horror-driven meditation on the displacement of diaspora through the eyes of a man grappling with who he is in the world. When a disturbing occurrence befalls a young man packing up a shuttered bookstore on Eglinton West, or as it's better known to the people of Toronto, the neighborhood of Little Jamaica, he comes face to face with a terror greater than anything he's ever experienced.

How it feels

Eerie, tense, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, isolation, memory, fate

Content

Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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