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Dead Past

2010

A slow, snowbound descent into grief and dread, where isolation curdles into something sinister.

Directed by: Daniel Flügger
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Starring: Dennis Klose, Heidi Jürgens, Oliver Piper

Overview: David's wife is murdered in their vacation home in the woods. David tries to solve her murder and finds out that her killer was unable to finish the job back then and will therefore probably return to the scene of the crime at some point. He decides to stay in the vacation home over the winter and wait for the killer to take revenge! But the long winter nights and the never-ending loneliness are not his only problem... The house harbors a dark secret!

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Directed by: Daniel Flügger
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Starring: Dennis Klose, Heidi Jürgens, Oliver Piper

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 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
revenge
isolation
obsession
mystery
Places: single country house
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: horror, mystery, thriller
Directed by: Daniel Flügger
Starring: Dennis Klose, Heidi Jürgens, Oliver Piper, Simon Gosejohann, Daniel Flügger, Helmut Krauss, Patrick Schumacher, Nina Kiefer
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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