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Ashcan Copies

2012

A grim, unsettling plunge into small-town depravity that feels claustrophobic and morally bleak.

Directed by
Andy Sylvester
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Starring
Laure Fontaine, David Glass, Greg Lang
Overview
Catatonic. Nymphomaniac. Murderer. ASHCAN COPIES is an 80 minute gritty tale concerning the daily struggles of three psychologically disturbed, lower class people in a small town. When JASON kills GRACE as a symptom of coverting the town's top tramp TRACI his world of calculated killings and secretive necrophilia begins to unravel. After Traci entangles her adoring lover PETEY in a plot to kill her husband JEFF, she's left with only one ally to stave off Jason's psychotic lust, an anonymous CATATONIC that hasn't moved in ten years.

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Directed by
Andy Sylvester
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Starring
Laure Fontaine, David Glass, Greg Lang
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • madness
  • obsession
  • crime
  • isolation
  • death
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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