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Sugar Baby

2024 · 88 min

A sleek, nasty little chamber piece that keeps you uneasy, mixing wry laughs with creeping dread as the walls close in.

Directed by: Lauren Garroni
Genres: Thriller, Comedy
Starring: Mary Beth Barone, Nina Bloomgarden, James Tupper

Tagline: Pay to play.
Overview: An enterprising Sugar Baby is offered $30,000 to move in with her Sugar Daddy for the week, but soon discovers the sinister secrets trapped within his home.

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Directed by: Lauren Garroni
Genres: Thriller, Comedy
Starring: Mary Beth Barone, Nina Bloomgarden, James Tupper

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 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: power
deception
class
obsession
survival
Places: single country house
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Action	4
Horror	5
Humour	4
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: thriller, comedy
Directed by: Lauren Garroni
Written by: Lauren Garroni, Bree Essrig
Starring: Mary Beth Barone, Nina Bloomgarden, James Tupper, Theo Germaine, Paige Collins, Behzad Dabu, Bree Essrig, Yaya Ogun
Music: Emily Greene
Cinematography: Lauren Guiteras
Runtime: 88 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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