Short film: The Barn (2021)

  • Directed by Damon Nash White
  • Written by Damon Nash White
  • Stars: Justice Tirapelli-Jamail, Rocío de la Grana
  • Run Time: 18 minutes
  • Trailer: https://vimeo.com/617443187

Synopsis

“After the disappearance of his sister, a man experiences increasingly disturbing dreams of raw chicken.”

Commentary

A huge number of short films don’t have any dialog, presumably to make the film more marketable worldwide. There’s nothing too innovative or unusual about a film with no dialogue.

This one, however, really puts in the effort on the visuals. It’s bright, colorful, and artsy without overdoing it. The music is very well done as well, showing us, without telling us, that something isn’t quite right in this household. It’s maybe a little longer than it needed to be, but it looks great!

And I have to go full disclosure here: I find actual raw chicken a hundred times scarier and more disgusting than any amount of gore in a horror movie.