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The Banished

2025 · 97 min

A slow, oppressive descent into dread, with the wilderness itself feeling hostile and alive.

Directed by: Joseph Sims-Dennett
Genres: Horror
Starring: Meg Clarke, Leighton Cardno, Gautier de Fontaine

Tagline: Evil roams this land.
Overview: Grace has nowhere to turn when she finds herself lost in the wilderness with a dark presence threatening to consume her in this twisted folk horror.

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Directed by: Joseph Sims-Dennett
Genres: Horror
Starring: Meg Clarke, Leighton Cardno, Gautier de Fontaine

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 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
survival
fate
madness
nature
Places: wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Joseph Sims-Dennett
Written by: Joseph Sims-Dennett
Starring: Meg Clarke, Leighton Cardno, Gautier de Fontaine, Tony Hughes, Di Smith, Rasmus Toyra, Lawrence Ola, Raphael Sikic
Cinematography: Sam Powyer
Runtime: 97 min
Country: Australia
Languages: English

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