Short film

Former Things

2014 · 15 min

A quiet, grim return to a ruined home, heavy with loss and the lingering dread of a dying world.

Directed by: Adam R. Brown
Genres: Drama, Horror
Starring: Alexander Gaylon, Henry R Brown Jr.

Overview: Alex, a travel-worn survivor in a desolate world, returns to his childhood home to find not only artifacts of his youth, but also the plague-ridden body of his recently deceased father.

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Directed by: Adam R. Brown
Genres: Drama, Horror
Starring: Alexander Gaylon, Henry R Brown Jr.

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: grief
isolation
survival
death
memory
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	5
Humour	0
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, horror
Directed by: Adam R. Brown
Written by: Erin Casper, Adam R. Brown
Starring: Alexander Gaylon, Henry R Brown Jr.
Runtime: 15 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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