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Absentia

2011 · 91 min

A slow, oppressive dread seeps through a quiet story of loss, making the ordinary feel deeply wrong and sad.

Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Genres: Horror, Mystery
Starring: Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, Morgan Peter Brown

Tagline: There are fates worse than death.
Overview: Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on. As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house.

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Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Genres: Horror, Mystery
Starring: Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, Morgan Peter Brown

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
obsession
fate
family
Places: suburbs
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: horror, mystery
Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Written by: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, Morgan Peter Brown, Dave Levine, Justin Gordon, Doug Jones, Connie Ventress, Ian Gregory
Music: Ryan David Leack
Cinematography: Rustin Cerveny
Runtime: 91 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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