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One for the Road

2011 · 22 min

A short, cold, creeping dread piece that traps you in a snowbound town with a growing sense of wrongness.

Directed by: Paul Ward
Genres: Horror
Starring: Reggie Bannister, Adam Robitel, Audrey Walters

Overview: Stranded in a snowstorm, a man wanders into Jerusalem's Lot-- unaware of the town's vampiric past in this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's short story/epilogue to his master work 'Salem's Lot'.

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Directed by: Paul Ward
Genres: Horror
Starring: Reggie Bannister, Adam Robitel, Audrey Walters

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

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Action	3
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	0
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Paul Ward
Written by: Paul Ward
Starring: Reggie Bannister, Adam Robitel, Audrey Walters, Danny O'Connor, Sydney Ackman, Karen Andrews, Drew Walters, Bruce FitzSimmons
Cinematography: Michael Bates
Runtime: 22 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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