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A Prayer for the Dying

2026 · 95 min

A somber, slow-burning frontier drama that weighs impossible choices with quiet dread and moral gravity.

Tagline: Redemption is coming.
Overview: In 1870 Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers is still suffering the repercussions of the recent Civil War. When faced with a new and even deadlier threat, one man is forced to make a harrowing choice: save his young family or defend the community that gave him a second chance at life and meaning.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, family, morality, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: survival
family
morality
isolation
death
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild