Pyre

Pyre

Pyre

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Pyre

"A loop."

2023

0h 4m

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Fantasy

Horror

Overview

Exploring helplessness, Pyre is an experimental short film which personifies death as a ghoul in a dress, drawing closer and closer until striking.

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1 member

Directing

Paul Burns

Protagonist

Paul Burns

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