Short film

Umbral

2024 · 14 min

A short, unsettling plunge into buried guilt, where quiet tension and psychological dread linger longer than the brief runtime.

Overview: According to Sigmund Freud: “Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways”. “Umbral” materialises the moral dilemma of whether there is a cause and effect link between trauma and criminal behaviour.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Trauma, guilt, morality, crime
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: trauma
guilt
morality
crime
identity
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none