Name: 7.2
Director: Nida Manzoor
Released: 2014-10-16
Duration: 14 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Alannah Olivia, Gwyneth Keyworth, Will Merrick, Cheryl Burniston, Terry Diab

14 minutes. One library. Infinite ways to get disemboweled. British school horror with teeth.

surreal schoolyard dreadabsurdist body horrorclockwork panic

Overview

A schoolgirl with amnesia wakes to a deadly ultimatum. Will she get to the library in time to avoid disembowelment?

Content warning

woman director

adolescent social hierarchies as death trapsmemory and identity under pressureinstitutional violence normalizedfemale friendship under duress

Standout Aspects

Direction

Manzoor's debut already shows her signature genre-mashing confidence.

Editing

Ruthless 14-minute economy—no frame wasted, no breath allowed.

Best for:Solo·Friends

Heads up:Gore·Disturbing

Director

Nida Manzoor

ReleasedOct 16, 2014

Runtime14m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensityhigh

Tonedark

Feelmedium

Top Cast

Alannah Olivia

Janice

Gwyneth Keyworth

Mar

Will Merrick

Pemulis

Cheryl Burniston

Cleo

Terry Diab

Snogging Teacher

Hayat Kamille

Lackey Two

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Manzoor made this while at film school; it won her a BAFTA nomination before her feature directorial debut with Polite Society.

Cultural

The title's decimal format (7.2) deliberately evokes exam grades, framing the entire short as a grotesque academic assessment where failure equals disembowelment.