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A Taste of Phobia

A Taste of Phobia

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A Taste of Phobia

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear"

2018

1h 30m

3.8(6 votes)

Horror

Overview

For this anthology movie, producers Vestra Pictures assigned international directors with a phobia and set them to work making a horror short about it.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Roberta Gemma

Roberta Gemma

(segment "Mageirocophobia")

Michael J. Epstein

Michael J. Epstein

Elijah (segment "Somniphobia")

Lianne O'Shea

Lianne O'Shea

Delivery person (segment "Somniphobia")

Tyler Sage

The boss (segment "Somniphobia") (voice)

Edwin Garcia

Edwin

Alessandro G.A. D'Alessandro

Jesus

Clint Beaver

Clint Beaver

Redneck #1

Elisa Carrera Fumagalli

Lily (segment Hemophobia)

Kehinde Bankole

Kehinde Bankole

Mary

Mark Thompson-Ashworth

The fish (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Tony Newton
Sam Mason Bell
Written by: Andrea Cavaletto
Michael J. Epstein

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