Short Film: Ella (2020) Review

Directed by: Dan Gitsam

Written By: Dan Gitsam and James Driver

Starring: Anthony Stewart Head, Lisa Blackwell, Joanne Lancastle

Run Time: 8:50

Link: http://omeleto.com/253018/

Synopsis

A father washes blood off his hands. There’s been a murder. We assume he did it. He goes off with his gun and hunting dog into the woods in search of Ella, his daughter. We quickly learn that things may not be what they seem.

Commentary

Anthony Stewart Head, best known as Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, doesn’t do enough work today. He’s always good, and he barely gets one or two short lines here, but he’s still the main character. We don’t really know what went on here; did the father go insane and kill his wife and child as it appeared in the beginning, or was Ella really some kind of monster that killed the mother and then was “put down” by the father? Yes, one of those, but you get to decide.