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TAPE '96

Name: TAPE '96
Director: Lulu Forti
Genre: found footage, Supernatural, Suspense, Technology
Duration: 15 min
Cast: Alex Marcel, Mio Suljanovic, Gary Belshaw, Claudia Kraft, Nathaniel Behn

Lulu Forti · 15 min · Australia

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Sydney, 2004. Leo, a young film buff, comes across a mysterious VHS tape while working the nightshift at a DVD store. He soon realises his mistake, upon discovering its contents are obscurely edited snuff films, that only he can see.

Worth watching if you are into found footage, Supernatural and Suspense. Directed by Lulu Forti.

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