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Basement

2010 · 77 min

A claustrophobic low-budget British horror that traps you underground with unlikeable people and grinds toward a grim, nasty payoff.

Directed by: Asham Kamboj
Genres: Horror
Starring: Danny Dyer, Jimi Mistry, Emily Beecham

Overview: Six friends are lured to an underground basement for a sinister experiment, will they escape, but most importantly will they live or die?

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Directed by: Asham Kamboj
Genres: Horror
Starring: Danny Dyer, Jimi Mistry, Emily Beecham

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Tone
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
betrayal
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	6
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Asham Kamboj
Written by: Ewen Glass
Starring: Danny Dyer, Jimi Mistry, Emily Beecham, Soraya Radford, Kierston Wareing, Lois Winstone, Christopher Ellison, Carolyn Jordan
Music: Amit Kamboj
Cinematography: Ali Asad
Runtime: 77 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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