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Connecting

11 min

A short, claustrophobic plunge into dread, tightening its grip as intimacy curdles into captivity.

Overview
After checking into a motel for a quarantine-cation, a young couple desperate to reignite their relationship, finds themselves trapped in a human menagerie designed by a deranged recluse.
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How it feels

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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
  • betrayal
  • survival
  • madness
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller, horror
Directed by
Nicolette Acosta
Written by
Nicolette Acosta
Starring
Lynn Allinger, Nicolette Acosta, Nicky Romaniello, Cyrus Soliman
Runtime
11 min
Country
United States of America

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