Short Film: Rites (2020)

  • Written and Directed by Ulbrecht Tomas
  • Run Time: 21 Minutes

Synopsis

Two years ago, the guy and the girl are on a date. She mentions that he’s getting better. He goes into the bathroom for a minute, and he sees blood on his hands. When he comes out of the bathroom, he’s surprised to find Amy gone. She vanished.

He talks to Amy’s teacher, and she’s a witch. She offers him freedom from his OCD obsessions. She going to do a “forgetting” spell on him, so that he can finally get over Amy’s loss. The spell involves a lot more than he planned…

Commentary

The creature effects, the acting, and not really knowing what was going to happen next made this one a big winner for me. A lot did happen; this one kept going long after I expected it to end. I liked this one a lot. The music, the editing, the pacing were all just about perfect.