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Don't Talk to Strangers

Don't Talk to Strangers

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Don't Talk to Strangers

2023

0h 5m

8.7(3 votes)

Horror

Overview

Set in a bespoke toy shop, Imanol Ortiz López’s new short film is skin-crawling nightmare fuel bathed in vintage Kodachrome transfixion, calculated to the microsecond, honed to haunt and mortify.

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2 featured cast members

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Inés Fernández

Inés Fernández

Julio Hidalgo

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Directed by: Imanol Ortiz López
Written by: Imanol Ortiz López

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