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Brain Dead

1987 · 2 min

A jittery, disorienting collage that feels like channel-surfing through someone's fever dream.

Directed by
Jon Moritsugu
Genres
Mystery, Horror, Fantasy
Overview
A short experimental cutup film by Jon Moritsugu.

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Directed by
Jon Moritsugu
Genres
Mystery, Horror, Fantasy
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • media
  • identity
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • found footage
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror5
Humour4
Realism2
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
mystery, horror, fantasy
Directed by
Jon Moritsugu
Runtime
2 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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