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Black Out

23 min

A tense, claustrophobic character study that keeps you uneasy as a charming liar scrambles to outrun the truth.

Overview
After a night of heavy drinking, charismatic sociopath Steve wakes up with a strange girl in his bed. To make things worse, his girlfriend Emily is on her way over to confront him. To extricate himself from a seemingly hopeless situation, Steve hatches a desperate plan, which will test even his considerable abilities to deny the forces of reality.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • morality
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour4
Realism7
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Sebastian Ischer
Written by
Sebastian Ischer
Starring
Will Carlough, Brielle Korn, Christian McHenry, Susie Stewart Rubio
Runtime
23 min

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