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* SanitySlippage: On the part of Johnny Hollow, if the random mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters (and zeroes standing in for some instances of the letter O) in the typewritten covering letter is any indication.
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i really don't think arthur jermyn is relevant when the title of this piece is Literally just taken from m. vandemar


** Or H.P. Lovecraft's short story "Facts Concerning The Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family."
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A short film, written and directed by Rodrigo Gudiño, and starring Julian Richings, Alan Alderton and Lea Lawrynowicz.

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A short film, written and directed by Rodrigo Gudiño, and starring Julian Richings, Creator/JulianRichings, Alan Alderton and Lea Lawrynowicz.
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* JohnnyMcCoolname: Johnny Hollow, the mysterious benefactor of an unseen OccultDetective, who has provided said detective with a {{Spooky Photograph|s}} that may confirm the sinister activities of a MysteryCult.



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* GodOfEvil: The MysteryCult worships the Keres, understood to be evil Greco-Roman goddesses in the film. Though not detailed in the film itself, in ClassicalMythology they are the ''daimones'' (AnthropomorphicPersonifications) of violent, painful ''death,'' and serve as particularly nasty {{Psychopomp}}s who thirst for human blood.

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* GodOfEvil: The MysteryCult worships the Keres, understood to be evil Greco-Roman goddesses in the film. Though not detailed in the film itself, in ClassicalMythology Myth/ClassicalMythology they are the ''daimones'' (AnthropomorphicPersonifications) of violent, painful ''death,'' and serve as particularly nasty {{Psychopomp}}s who thirst for human blood.
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: The movie ends with the goddess of evil Keres taking off her hood. Is this merely the deduction of the investigator, concluding the ritual summoned her? Or has the creature [[PortalPicture emerged from the picture itself]] to attack the investigator? What happened to the priests or the baby? Nobody can tell.]]

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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: The movie ends ends with the goddess of evil Keres taking off her hood. Is this merely the deduction of the investigator, concluding the ritual summoned her? Or has the creature [[PortalPicture emerged from the picture itself]] to attack the investigator? What happened to the priests or the baby? Nobody can tell.]]



* DemonicPosession: [[spoiler: The ending implies Keres is in the process of posessing the leather jacket cultist and maybe the investigator.]]

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* DemonicPosession: DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: The ending implies Keres is in the process of posessing the leather jacket cultist and maybe the investigator.]]



* SlasherSmile: The face of the The cultist with the matchstick gradually morphs into one.

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* SlasherSmile: The face of the the The cultist with the matchstick gradually morphs into one.
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: The movie ends with the goddess of evil Keres taking off her hood. Is this merely the deduction of the investigator, concluding the ritual summoned her? Or has the creature [[PortalPicture emerged from the picture itself]] to attack the investigator? What happened to the priests or the baby? Nobody can tell.]]


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* DemonicPosession: [[spoiler: The ending implies Keres is in the process of posessing the leather jacket cultist and maybe the investigator.]]


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* HeroOfAnotherStory: The identity, motivation and backstory of the shotgun-wielding preachers is left unexplained. [[spoiler: It's also left open whether they succeed or not in stopping the ritual]]


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* SlasherSmile: The face of the The cultist with the matchstick gradually morphs into one.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: Though it only has a short form and the ParanormalInvestigation horror subgenre in common, the film's title is modeled after Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's FictionalDocument short story "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar."

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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: Though it only has a short form and the ParanormalInvestigation horror subgenre in common, the film's title is modeled after Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's FictionalDocument short story "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar." "
**Or H.P. Lovecraft's short story "Facts Concerning The Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family."
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Johnny Hollow, the eponymous photographer who sent the campsite photo, is named after the [[Music/JohnnyHollow electronica group]] who's song "Alchemy" provides the film's soundtrack. (It's co-director, Vincent Marcone, is a member.) The short was initially conceived as a music video before developing into a more fully-plotted short film.

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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Johnny Hollow, the eponymous photographer who sent the campsite photo, is named after the DarkWave [[Music/JohnnyHollow electronica electronic group]] who's song "Alchemy" provides the film's soundtrack. (It's co-director, Vincent Marcone, is a member.) The short was initially conceived as a music video before developing into a more fully-plotted short film.

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