Monster
- 2005
- 10m
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6.8/10
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A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
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- TriviaThis short film was later remade as The Babadook (2014).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema: Horror (2018)
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This monster movie is different and effective in its own way.
This short horror film was pretty good. It had some moments that were a bit creepy and I enjoyed the performances of both the mom and the little boy in this one. The atmosphere was good as the black and white made an everyday house and everyday things seem more sinister than they would have been otherwise. The story has a rather hyper active kid really beating down one of his stuffed toys, a rather ugly doll that to me resembled a witch a bit. Most kids can remember that childhood toy that really did not delight them, but rather scared the crap out of them. Well the boy seems convinced that the thing is alive and really freaks out when he glimpses it in the closet. Well the mother thinks it is just an over active imagination at first, but something seems a bit off kilter. Like I said this one overall was okay, my favorite part was when the mother heard something while she and her son were in bed and she looked out her door. To me that was the freakiest part in the film. The conclusion is a bit strange though, I did not completely care for it, but then I still feel I must give it credit for being original. The final scene is even more strange, but once again it was different. So while not the most shocking or creepy short horror film I have seen, it was an interesting watch and it did things a bit differently than one would normally expect.
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- A$30,000 (estimated)
- Runtime10 minutes
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