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Closing Time

2024 · 8 min

A short, uneasy slow build of dread in an ordinary diner, keeping you tense and watchful until the last beat.

Directed by: Spencer Keller
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Adara Toop, Hailey Saintfield, Raymond Power

Tagline: Are you the only one here?
Overview: Emma has something important to tell her boyfriend, but when she arrives to meet him at the local diner and he's missing, she has a gut feeling that something is wrong.

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Directed by: Spencer Keller
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Adara Toop, Hailey Saintfield, Raymond Power

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Tone
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
obsession
deception
fate
violence
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: Spencer Keller
Written by: Spencer Keller
Starring: Adara Toop, Hailey Saintfield, Raymond Power
Cinematography: Jordan McGrath
Runtime: 8 min
Languages: English

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