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RUNTIME
Did you know
85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Stuart McKenzie
- Countries
- New Zealand
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Stuart McKenzie directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in New Zealand.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released 24 years ago.
- 3Part of the "Dark Stories Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0345109 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 85 min · 1h 25m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- 18
Part of
Dark Stories Collection
Across a series of chilling, stand-alone short films, the Dark Stories trilogy plunges into the bleak underbelly of life, proving that the most terrifying evils are often human. From the quiet, obsessive paranoia of suburban homes to the dark secrets buried in the country’s remote corners, each tale explores themes of entrapment, moral decay, and retribution. This anthology is a descent into a world where ghosts, monsters, and demons lurk not in the fog, but in the heart of humanity itself. The grave is not the end, but merely the next stop in a relentless cycle of horror... and the reckoning is always waiting.
Also by
Stuart McKenzie
Production companies
Who made it
- NE
New Zealand Film Production Fund
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- woman director
Release history · US
When it landed
- Digital2006-06-2818· DVD
