{"id":22833,"date":"2016-10-19T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=22833"},"modified":"2016-10-19T06:01:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T10:01:19","slug":"nightmare-fuel-scary-horror-shorts-brooklyn-horror-film-festival-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/19\/nightmare-fuel-scary-horror-shorts-brooklyn-horror-film-festival-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Nightmare Fuel: Scary Horror Shorts [Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2016]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"nightmare-fuel-the-home\"<\/a>Tilly (USA) (2016)
\n<\/strong>A child is scared of the monster in her bedroom and her father is trying to convince her there is nothing to be afraid of.\u00a0 He is very, very wrong.\u00a0 In director Robert Kotecki\u2019s short film, things are not as they seem.\u00a0 He takes a simple premise and twists it a couple of times.\u00a0 The main twist, what makes it what it is and makes the story effective is actually unexpected and it creates an interesting story.\u00a0 The second twist woks as well, however the ending kind of breaks the film for this reviewer.<\/p>\n

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While it\u2019s interesting, it just doesn\u2019t seem to fit with where the rest of the short goes.\u00a0 The acting by lead Brian Kimmet as the father is good and carries most of the film.\u00a0 Supporting actress Allison Sharpe add an emotional anchor to his performance and the film.\u00a0 Tilly is a short with good performance, more than decent effects that has some good tension for a little while.\u00a0 The ending is interesting and satisfying until it kind of jumps into a completely, and unnecessary territory.<\/p>\n

The Home (USA) (2016)
\n<\/strong>In a home for unwed mothers-to-be, something lurks in the dark.\u00a0 Written by Peter Cilella and L.Gustavo Cooper, with the latter directing as well, The Home is built around these unknown invaders and the fear they put into the young mothers.\u00a0 This short sets the tone with a beautiful opening scene before introducing its characters living in what looks to be a church.\u00a0 One of them has a fear of being who are looming. \u00a0As the others try to reassure her, things don\u2019t go so well.\u00a0 This leads to a story with mustery shot in an interesting location.\u00a0 The cinematography by Stuart Brereton works well with the dark confines of the church and the snowy exteriors around it.\u00a0 The cast is good and the surprise nicely nasty.\u00a0 The Home works its mystery and simplicity to bring a few good scares and look beautiful while doing so.<\/p>\n

Payback (USA) (2016)<\/strong>
\nIn writer\/director Nathan Crooker\u2019s short Playback, a man see a murder being committed by way of what looks to be CCTV.\u00a0 As he realizes he knows where it\u2019s taking place and goes to investigate, he makes a grave mistake.\u00a0 The film is shot as one take that is extended.\u00a0 This may not make much sense on paper, but it works on in the film and creates visually interesting results on screen.\u00a0 The film looks interesting while developing a quick story that is definitely horror.\u00a0 While it\u2019s not the most engaging story it\u2019s still decent and makes the most of its very short run time.\u00a0 The acting is good while the visual effects steal the show.<\/p>\n

The Sticks (UK) (2016)<\/strong>
\nTwo friends go on a hike to help one of them forget heartbreak.\u00a0 In the woods, they witness a man attacking a woman and come to her aid.\u00a0 Things quickly take a turn for the off and worse. \u00a0Written and directed by Russell Davidson and Jamie Delaney, The Sticks piles on the mystery and never fully explains or resolves itself.\u00a0 The story feels like it is part of a bigger one and it works as such.\u00a0 The three lead actresses, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Conall Keating, and Larragh McCann, bring different personalities to their characters, feeling like real young women with real problems.\u00a0 The film has a grey, haunting opening and maintains a bit of a grey-weather mood throughout.\u00a0 The ending is another one that puzzles more than it resolves.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn<\/strong> Horror Film Festival had its first edition from October 14th<\/sup> through October 16th<\/sup>, 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tilly (USA) (2016) A child is scared of the monster in her bedroom and her father is trying to convince her there is nothing to be afraid of.\u00a0 He is very, very wrong.\u00a0 In director Robert Kotecki\u2019s short film, things are not as they seem.\u00a0 He takes a simple premise and twists it a couple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1284,7,9,12],"tags":[367,477,501,696,938,1087],"class_list":["post-22833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-festivalsevents","category-halloween-horror-month","category-list-junkies","category-movie-reviews","tag-foreign","tag-horror","tag-indie-film","tag-murder","tag-short-film","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22835,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22833\/revisions\/22835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}