Short film

Withdrawal

2021 · 20 min

A grimy, claustrophobic descent into a stairwell that turns hellish, watching dread and addiction tighten around a man with no easy way out.

Directed by: Roman Perfilyev
Genres: Horror
Starring: Ihor Cheban, Vladyslav Matviichuk, Rob Feldman

Overview: Maks, an average resident of the "sovok" area, who together with his childhood friend Zheka goes to one of the many entrances to help buddy inject a dose of heroin. The tension of fear of being noticed leads to Maks losing the syringe, after which Zheka mysteriously disappears. The usual "panelka" entrance is more and more like the other side of hell, because it turns out that getting out of it is not easy. In search of a friend, the fear inside Maks grows as he grows around paranormal phenomena and eventually leads him to his own heroin injection. Then only God.

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Directed by: Roman Perfilyev
Genres: Horror
Starring: Ihor Cheban, Vladyslav Matviichuk, Rob Feldman

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
isolation
fate
death
guilt
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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