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Penny Lane Is Dead

2026 · 91 min

A sweltering, sun-bleached party curdles into nasty, funny chaos, keeping you squirming and laughing at once.

Overview
Set in 1986, during a scorching Aussie summer, three best friends' celebration at a beach house turns into a blood-soaked fight for survival when a prank goes horribly wrong.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • survival
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • violence
Places
  • single country house
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror6
Humour6
Realism6
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, horror, thriller
Directed by
Mia'Kate Russell
Written by
Mia'Kate Russell
Starring
Bailey Spalding, Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn, Ben O'Toole, Tahlee Fereday, Fletcher Humphrys, Steve Le Marquand, Alexandra Jensen, Matthew O'Sullivan
Cinematography
Liam Gilmour
Runtime
91 min
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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