John Ferrer’s Trial 22 is a slick action-horror where the pace is set to such a high rate that characters do not get named. Thus impersonal, the goal of the story is to get from point A to point B. The path is brutal and all collateral is acceptable. For the sake of convenience, the… Continue reading Trial 22: A Perilous Level-Up Game with No Winners
Tag: Horror Comedy Short Film Review
The History of Nipples: Dark Comedy, Dark Red Horror
Bailey Tom Bailey’s The History of Nipples has taken one man’s existential crisis caused by his nipples and turned it into a horror-comedy that is as fun as it is sincerely horrifying without going overboard. This, despite graphic self-mutilation (the trick that the film uses is to present it without loud dramatisation). Ron Burt (Joseph… Continue reading The History of Nipples: Dark Comedy, Dark Red Horror
Livin After Midnight: A Hilarious Short That Promises A Laugh-Riot!
Joe Mitchell’s Livin After Midnight has only one problem—its minuscule time-length. Barely six minutes long, the film, a thorough tomfoolery-meets-idiocy is a strange combination of comedy and horror-thriller that lets you laugh all the way up until its climax. Frankly, this is generous coming from Mitchell whose Motorcycle Boy was a mere 2:30-minute in length.… Continue reading Livin After Midnight: A Hilarious Short That Promises A Laugh-Riot!
Ding… You’re Dead: Self-Aware Horror Comedy About Wonky Appliances
Jay Salahi’s horror-comedy Ding… You’re Dead is a paradise for 20-somethings on crack. Featuring a malevolent microwave (hence the title), and a housesitter in fuzzy slippers and a robe that do not look like they belong to him, Ding… You’re Dead goes all out to make a name in the world of all that is… Continue reading Ding… You’re Dead: Self-Aware Horror Comedy About Wonky Appliances