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Gag

2006 · 78 min

A grim, claustrophobic siege that traps you in a mansion with a remorseless killer, keeping the tension high and the violence brutal.

Directed by: Scott W. McKinlay
Genres: Horror
Starring: Brian Kolodziej, Gerald Emerick, Vince Marinelli

Tagline: Dying is Easy...Staying Alive is Torture
Overview: A simple burglary spirals violently out of control when two professional thieves break into a Hollywood Hills mansion in search of riches and instead find a man who has been bound, gagged and imprisoned in the massive estate. Upon making their grim discovery the morally conflicted pair makes a series of poor decisions that leads to a bloody battle for survival against a killer with no conscience and no remorse!

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Directed by: Scott W. McKinlay
Genres: Horror
Starring: Brian Kolodziej, Gerald Emerick, Vince Marinelli

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
violence
crime
morality
greed
Places: single country house
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	6
Horror	8
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Scott W. McKinlay
Written by: Kirk Sever
Starring: Brian Kolodziej, Gerald Emerick, Vince Marinelli, Scott W. McKinlay, Malcolm Brownson, Trent Haaga, Amy Wehrell
Cinematography: Giuseppe Asaro
Runtime: 78 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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