{"id":23424,"date":"2016-12-02T05:57:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T10:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=23424"},"modified":"2016-12-02T05:58:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T10:58:10","slug":"the-shorts-of-blood-in-the-snow-2016-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/02\/the-shorts-of-blood-in-the-snow-2016-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shorts of Blood in the Snow 2016 – Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"a-quiet-moment\"<\/a>The Fight (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>In this super short film, a couple fights each in their own scene, or perhaps each in their own timeline.\u00a0 Their fight escalates and a surprise is in store for each of them and the viewer.\u00a0 This grim short, short for an estimated $50CAD (yes you read that right), is written Clint D’Souza, Neil Tavares and directed by D\u2019Souza.\u00a0 Stars Asoya Hall and Steve Kasan sell the fight and its emotions well while escalating at a nice pace. \u00a0This short is a visceral one for anyone who has ever reach a breaking point with a significant other.<\/p>\n

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A Quiet Moment (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>This Digger Films productions follows a mother who hears her husband in her child\u2019s room while she is relaxing one floor below through the baby monitor.\u00a0 As things advance, all is not as it seems.\u00a0 This short is creepy and has plenty of atmosphere with an ending that will certainly chill.\u00a0 The music creates a bit part of the atmosphere and adds an extra layer to the creepiness.\u00a0 In just 4 minutes, the film manages more than many blockbusters have in the 90 minutes recently.\u00a0 It looks great, sounds good, and has good performances.<\/p>\n

It Wants to be Born (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>Writer\/director Fil Santos creates a short vehicle for start Grace Munro with narration by Raven Cousins where a young woman goes on a quest of revenge by way of sex and violence.\u00a0 Her reasons are not clear until later in the film giving her mission a mystery.\u00a0 Munro gives a really good performance and the film\u2019s cinematography by Aldo Quirv\u00e1n gives her an ambiance in which to work that creates an almost dream-like quality.\u00a0 The effects are simple, mainly blood, and effective.\u00a0 The short is not one made just for enjoyment but might make some think.<\/p>\n

\"jogger\"<\/a>The Jogger (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>This fun short about a man going on a diet and exercise plan until he can\u2019t take it anymore is made by Jay Randall and stars Mike Paterson as the man who may not be all well of mind.\u00a0 This one is more comedy than horror but it has some good effects on a specific scenes that will make most laugh while the gore happens.\u00a0 It\u2019s short, it\u2019s fun, and it\u2019s worth a watch.<\/p>\n

Storm of the Century (La Tempete du Siecle) (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>In this French-Canadian short by Renaud Gauthier, a man is the getaway driver for his ingrate and rude friends as they rob a bank.\u00a0 When things go wrong, the snow covered street becomes a violent mess of double-crosses.\u00a0 This short is set in the late 70s\/early 80s and has great costume, staging, and car use.\u00a0 The sound design, particularly the wind, make it feel cold, giving it an extra layer of interest.\u00a0 The narration also adds to the film and makes it funnier than the action alone.\u00a0 This is a fun, funny, heist short.<\/p>\n

\"mrs-rafferty\"<\/a>Mrs. Rafferty\u2019s Red Red Roses (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>Director Greg Kovacs\u2019 short about a door-to-door assassin offering his services to competing housewives is interesting in its subject but somehow manages to feel a bit long at all of 6 minutes.\u00a0 There is a funny twist, but it\u2019s not quite enough to make the film exciting or really fun.\u00a0 The cinematography suffers from over-exposure in some of the sunnier scenes, giving it a slight Instagram-y look.\u00a0 The acting is good with a small cast of 3 doing decently with the material.<\/p>\n

\"summonded\"<\/a>Summoned (Canada) (2016)
\nOriginally reviewed as part of Horrible Imagingings Film Festival 2016<\/a><\/strong>, in writer\/director Victoria Angell\u2019s short; an abused teenager summons an evil supernatural entity to help her stop it.\u00a0 Once in her world, the entity goes rogue and much beyond what the teen had intended for it.\u00a0 The film deals, in its short time, with themes of abuse, revenge, and regret.\u00a0 The acting is good by lead Casey Beattie and the music by Adam Fulton is decent.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the evil being\u2019s voice is not effective or scary, thus taking some of the film\u2019s effectiveness away.\u00a0 Still, the film has a nicely creepy atmosphere and has a few nasty surprises in store that make it worth a watch or two.<\/p>\n

\"brothers\"<\/a>Brother(s) (Canada) (2015)
\n<\/strong>After his brother\u2019s death, a young boy starts wishing for him to come back until he sees something\u2026\u00a0 In writer\/director Nick Pusic\u2019s short, a child missing his brother wants him back and wants life back.\u00a0 This takes an odd and creepy turn which works well within the film\u2019s confines.\u00a0 Playing the boy wishing for his brother back is Cole Pybus who does well with the part showing a child marked by the passing of his brother while being scared and wishing for his life to be normal again.\u00a0 The film sports good special effects and a great closing song.\u00a0 It is a good watch and has a few truly creepy moments with a fitting ending.<\/p>\n

Everybody Knows Me (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>A man and his wife live in the countryside where they have a renter who may be coming between them.\u00a0 This short set in January 1993 is violent with good acting but the story felt either unclear or this reviewer got lost for some reason, particularly in the end.\u00a0 The creepy bits are effective but not quite enough to make this one to rewatch.<\/p>\n

Engineers (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>This short by writers Dean Tardioli and Tyler A. Williams, directed by Williams, is visually dark and hard to watch a bit, but some of the scenes are properly nightmarish with some undertones reminiscent of Clive Barker\u2019s work, with a touch of Hellraiser and other hellish stories.\u00a0 The film has some great images at times and the cinematography by Jonathan Kischel with art direction by Austin Durling.\u00a0 The music by Ed Devlin, Eric Landry, and Colin MacDougall is a bit synthwave-y and nicely low, giving the film an even darker feel.<\/p>\n

\"spread-movie\"<\/a>Spread
\n<\/strong>A young woman is flirting with men by text messages, selecting the right one to spend some time with.\u00a0 As this is a horror short, things of course take an odd turn.\u00a0 The story is well done with decent acting and a fitting score.\u00a0 The effects are simple but they work well in the film and with the story.\u00a0 The twist to things is interesting and creates an fitting ending to the atmospheric film.<\/p>\n

What do you see?
\n<\/strong>A young woman battling demons from her past seeks help from a hypnotist and his assist even though things did not go well the first time she visited them.\u00a0 Written by Charlie Hamilton who co-directed with Zachary Ramelan, this one is that is creepy and even has some genuinely scary moments.\u00a0 The lead played by Raven Cousens brings the viewer in and makes them care for her predicament and react along with her as Rich Piatkowski guides her and the viewer through it by way of hypnotist for her and an odd kind of narration for the viewer.\u00a0 The effects on Kalina Hada-Lemon\u2019s character bring a nice mystery and fear to the proceedings.<\/p>\n

Madre de Dios (Canada) (2016)
\n<\/strong>Originally reviewed as part of Horrible Imagingings Film Festival 2016<\/strong><\/a>, during a cult-like ceremony, two Brujos use a scared and hurt woman as a vessel to birth the Anti-Christ.\u00a0 Written by Luke Bramley, Shane McKenzie, and Gigi Saul Guerrero, based on a story by the latter, and directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero, Madre de Dios is a quick glance into a deranged couple\u2019s cult and how far they will go to bring forth the one they praise.\u00a0 The cast of three composed of Luis Javier and Gabriela Zimmerman as the couple and Tristan Risk as their victim, their Santa Muerte, give interesting performances.<\/p>\n

Javier and Zimmerman give a maniacal glee to their characters as they go through their ritual. Risk brings a palpable fear to her part without saying a word.\u00a0 Together, this glee and her fear create a perfect storm of emotions for this short and its story.\u00a0 The effects created by Andrea Dulmage, Amy-Leigh Poitras, Tomasz Sosnowski, and Carolyn Williams look good and are properly bloody.\u00a0 The film is creepy in its use of religion mixed with cult which may work better for those raised with a Catholic background but it should work for anyone given the cult angle.<\/p>\n

Blood in the Snow ran from November 25th<\/sup>\u00a0to November 27th<\/sup>, 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Fight (Canada) (2016) In this super short film, a couple fights each in their own scene, or perhaps each in their own timeline.\u00a0 Their fight escalates and a surprise is in store for each of them and the viewer.\u00a0 This grim short, short for an estimated $50CAD (yes you read that right), is written […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1284,9,1],"tags":[246,275,477,501,703,938,1008],"class_list":["post-23424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-festivalsevents","category-list-junkies","category-uncategorized","tag-cult","tag-demonic","tag-horror","tag-indie-film","tag-mystery","tag-short-film","tag-supernatural"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23424","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=23424"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23433,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23424\/revisions\/23433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}