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Shanghai Faders

2017 · 10 min

A short, creeping descent into a decaying building's buried history, unsettling more through atmosphere than shocks.

Directed by: A.J. Gordon
Genres: Horror
Starring: Ryan Barton-Grimley, Madison Rowley, Ira Kortum

Overview: One man's unfortunate trip through the mysterious past of a condemned building in old-town Portland.

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Directed by: A.J. Gordon
Genres: Horror
Starring: Ryan Barton-Grimley, Madison Rowley, Ira Kortum

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: mystery
isolation
memory
death
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	0
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror
Directed by: A.J. Gordon
Written by: A.J. Gordon
Starring: Ryan Barton-Grimley, Madison Rowley, Ira Kortum, Kevin Mannis , Simos Kalivas, Neil Wade Freer, Justin DeLoach, Genevieve Lancaster
Runtime: 10 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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