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Scrawl (2015)

Scrawl poster
Directed by
Peter Hearn
Genre
horror film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
3.7 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two best friends realize that the events from a comic book they made are starting to occur in real life. They must rewrite the story to stop the terrifying happenings from continuing.

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What happens

Scrawl is a 2015 independent British supernatural horror-thriller film written and directed by Peter Hearn, and produced by Annabelle Le Gresley and Hearn. It stars Liam Hughes, Joe Daly, Daisy Ridley, Mark Forester Evans, Le Gresley, Nathalie Pownall, Catherine Ruddick, Ellie Selwood and Derek Jones. It tells the story of two best friends, Simon and Joe, who must rewrite the happenings from the comic book, Scrawl, after realising that the events occurred from the comic are beginning to happen. It is also Ridley's film debut, being shot just before Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It was released digitally on 11 June 2019 to negative reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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