I'm the programmer of the Killer Valley Horror Film Festival, so I watch a ton, (A TON!), of horror short films every year. This one immediately jumped out to me as something different, and we accepted it to our 2020 festival.
It starts off with a writer working on the script for his new horror film, and we hear his inner monologue as he writes. It's a fun technique that I haven't seen used in quite this way before. We see the film he's narrating getting made, and it changes course every time he changes his mind on how the film should work. He goes over all the typical tropes of the genre, either trying to avoid them or just fully embracing them. His narration is the highlight of the film.
I won't give it a 10/10, because some of the filmmaking could have been improved. The sound is spotty in places, the film could have been more interestingly shot, and I thought the main killer could have been better realized, but beyond that it's a really fun 10 minute ride for any fan of the horror genre.
It starts off with a writer working on the script for his new horror film, and we hear his inner monologue as he writes. It's a fun technique that I haven't seen used in quite this way before. We see the film he's narrating getting made, and it changes course every time he changes his mind on how the film should work. He goes over all the typical tropes of the genre, either trying to avoid them or just fully embracing them. His narration is the highlight of the film.
I won't give it a 10/10, because some of the filmmaking could have been improved. The sound is spotty in places, the film could have been more interestingly shot, and I thought the main killer could have been better realized, but beyond that it's a really fun 10 minute ride for any fan of the horror genre.
