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2007 · horror · thriller · slasher · survival

Dead Tone

Directed by Deon Taylor, Brian Hooks1h 40m2007
ElsewhereIMDb4.63k
  • heavy
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, breathless, extreme horror / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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As another semester draws to a close at the University of Dreyskill, a simple game dreamt to help students avoid studying becomes a bloody battle for survival.

Our read · Dead Tone (2007) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded horror · thriller · slasher entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a low budget college slasher where a prank phone game turns lethal.

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Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
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Skip it tonightSkip if predictable party massacre slasher tropes feel tired or gross.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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