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The Plague

2025 · 98 min

A clammy, slow-building summer-camp nightmare where social cruelty curdles into bodily dread, leaving you uneasy and quietly devastated.

Overview: A socially awkward tween endures the ruthless hierarchy at a water polo camp, his anxiety spiraling into psychological turmoil over the summer.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, identity, coming-of-age, guilt
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
coming-of-age
guilt
betrayal
Places: small town
school
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild