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A Desert

2025 · 103 min

A slow, uneasy descent into dread, following an isolated man through bleak landscapes and encounters that feel increasingly wrong.

Directed by: Joshua Erkman
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: David Yow, Kai Lennox, Sarah Lind

Overview: A photographer’s road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.

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Directed by: Joshua Erkman
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: David Yow, Kai Lennox, Sarah Lind

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
obsession
violence
identity
fate
Places: road trip
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	7
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: Joshua Erkman
Written by: Bossi Baker, Joshua Erkman
Starring: David Yow, Kai Lennox, Sarah Lind, Zachary Ray Sherman, Ashley B. Smith, Rob Zabrecky, S.A. Griffin, Bill J. Stevens
Music: Ty Segall
Cinematography: Jay Keitel
Runtime: 103 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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