The Talk: An Accessible Action Thriller
Depicting the interrogation of a prisoner, Jay Bhatti’s The Talk is gritty. Specifically, an agent, taken prisoner by human traffickers. His interrogator? ...
Tag: Thriller Short Film Review
Homestead: Slow Burn Psychological Horror That Feeds On Obsession, Ego And Control
Homestead, written and directed by McKinley Benson and Enzo Hui, is more a horror than a thriller, centred on the ...
HomeBound: Rare Authenticity In A Mental Illness Story
Small things become objects of great fear. Like a door. It’s just a door. Unless it is the sole barrier ...
Sweetie: A Visceral Look At The World Of Paedophiles & Their Hunters
In the 09:35-minute long narrative, writer-director Riley Cusick expertly handles a subject that is both sensitive and complex. A close-up ...
I Am An Island: Valuable Lesson Imparted, Yet Again, Through Brilliant Acting
Writer-director Damian Draven’s 12:22-minute long I Am An Island (IAAI) adds to the already long list of films on mental ...
Broken Shelter: Looking Hate, And Terror It Spreads, In The Face
Tim Hewitt’s Broken Shelter surprises. Despite its obviously amateur choice of camera, not only does the film have largely compelling ...
I Still Am: Beginning At The End Of Abuse
A thriller impressively made during lockdown, Tara Lynn Rye and Simon O'Keefe's 11-minute I Still Am takes a psychological approach ...
Fruta Extraña: Poignant Short That Elucidates The Consequences Of Hate Speech
Even as news of the Biden administration reuniting 4 migrant families separated on Trump’s diktat makes waves across the globe, ...
The Foal: A Hangover Horror Like None Other
It’s hard to peg writer-director Nikhail Asnani’s The Foal into a genre. It has convincing elements of horror, fantasy, why ...
Blueberry Flytrap: A Supernatural Thriller Masked As An Innocent Meet-Cute
Co-written by Jubei Powers and (story) Ali Matlock, the 18:23-minute short is unusual on all accounts. For one, it gives ...
