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Smooth

2023 · 20 min

A short, skin-crawling plunge into dysphoria and self-loathing, intimate and unsettling, hard to shake off.

Directed by: Sepi Mashiahof
Genres: Horror
Starring: Adam Longhurst, Sepi Mashiahof, Jeffrie Freeman

Tagline: I WANT TO SEE INSIDE YOU.
Overview: "A body horror film about body hair." After being rejected by her stalker for being too hairy, a trans woman spirals into a dysphoric limbo, and the only way out of it is through her own skin.

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Directed by: Sepi Mashiahof
Genres: Horror
Starring: Adam Longhurst, Sepi Mashiahof, Jeffrie Freeman

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
obsession
trauma
gender
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	8
Humour	2
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Sepi Mashiahof
Starring: Adam Longhurst, Sepi Mashiahof, Jeffrie Freeman, Keishi Yamada, E Conner, Cooter, Sassy Girl
Runtime: 20 min
Languages: English, Persian

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