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5.0/10 • 1

2012-03-250h 8m

Horror

Dying for a cigarette. Don't fight it.

Can you handle your addictions? Or do they control you? The Urge is much more deadly. Dying for a cigarette. Don't fight it.

Directors
Brian Barnes
Writters
Brian Barnes
Editors
Brian Barnes, Brian Barnes

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  1. Gillian MacGregor

    Gillian MacGregor

    Office Worker

  2. David Fraser

    David Fraser

    Boss

  3. Nik Wood Jones

    Nik Wood Jones

    The Voice

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Dsnake1

Oct 24, 2018

5/10

The Urge is a psychological horror film that isolates the feeling of addiction and gives it some horrible consequences. Gillian MacGregor plays the office worker who is psychologically tormented by her addiction, her urge, to her cigarettes. The entire six minutes of the film show the rising struggle she has to keep her urges under control. Sometimes, as witnessed in the film, those urges take on a mind of their own and leave some dastardly consequences. The film is meant to be a metaphor, but six minutes may have been a touch too long or a touch too short. In a 3-5 minute short film, you can condense the rising aggravation to show the absurdity of an addiction and how quickly those urges overtake a person, and in a 12-15 minute short film, you can explore a more gradual rise and a stronger, more terrifying falloff. It's definitely unique, but as it stands, The Urge leaves me unsatisfied, wanting a little more.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
addictionshort film