STRAY **** Australia 2018 Dir: Dean W Law. 14 mins A stark, sombre short with a ballsy, literally full-frontal central performance from Melinda Joan Reed. After three years away, wounded WWII soldier David Breen returns home to find his house ravaged, his wife (Reed) naked and in some state of…
Browsing: Short Film
DEAR GUEST ** USA 2020 Dir: Megan Freels Johnston. 11 mins Writer-producer-director Megan Freels Johnston’s film sees Ashley Bell and her significant other (Noureen DeWulf) enjoying a much-needed break at a secluded cabin, complete with old movie posters, a luxury pool – and a mysterious, unseen host. Something is, alas,…
A NOISE THAT CARRIES **** Canada 2019 Dir: Guillermo de la Rosa. 15 mins Venezuelan born, Toronto-based filmmaker Guillermo de la Rosa (and drummer for the band Xaviera) makes his horror film and English language debut with this genuinely chilling short inspired by “Staircase”, an episode from “The Knifepoint Horror”…
PATTERNS *** Canada 2019 Dir: Bj Verot. 8 mins This chilly Canadian short film nods to modern technophobic sci-fi and THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE and has a fine lead performance by Steven Ratzlaff. The impressively ominous extended opening tracking shot prowls around a festively adorned home from the outside. Family man…
TURBO KILLER (a.k.a. Carpenter Brut: Turbo Killer) ***** 2016 Dir: “Seth Ickerman” (a.k.a. Raphael Hernandez, Savitri Joly-Gonfard. 4 mins Three years before the 2019 festival hit BLOOD MACHINES, directors Raphael Hernandez and Savitri Joly-Gonfard made this music video with musician Carpenter Brut. It’s a visually extraordinary (shot by Philip Lozano),…