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The Wild Man of the Navidad

2008 · 86 min

A slow-burn, gritty slice of rural dread that feels like a lost local legend, unsettling and quietly tense.

Directed by: Duane Graves, Justin Meeks
Genres: Horror, Drama, Mystery
Starring: Kyle Nelson, Michael Retzloff

Tagline: History tells one story. Truth tells another.
Overview: Based on the recently acquired journals of Texan Dale S. Rogers, this vintage horror tale debunks history books to tell the veracious, harrowing story of a rural Texas community whose residents were terrified for years by a mysterious creature inhabiting the nearby woods.

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Directed by: Duane Graves, Justin Meeks
Genres: Horror, Drama, Mystery
Starring: Kyle Nelson, Michael Retzloff

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 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: isolation
survival
greed
fate
violence
Places: countryside
small town
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	7
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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