Wow. I loved this! Hitchcock like lighting and suspense- yum. Writing was really good and acting as well. Slow and dark, this short is ready for the festivals and I'm sure it will do well. There was a slight audio fade after he said, "my last experience as a human" which just made me want to watch it again. I loved the reveals - when you first see the eye and when he pulls the mask off- suspended belief at its finest. I think I noticed his mic when he turned around. I liked the yellow table, icky bottle of serum and ski mask. The hand was a nice touch. Good makeup and not too much coverage (which turns me off).I like simple- this was that- and short enough to hook any fan of any genre. I recommend it.
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A scientist faces a super soldier that he helped create.
creepercast21 April 2012
One can not help but place this film in zombie lore. The super soldier is rotting away and continually complains about being hungry. I of course love it and believe this would be an interesting full length. I really do want to know more! It's also a very simple concept (captured man interrogated), with sparse scenery (tied to a chair, in a room, with a table), and the dialogue totally tells the story. The only question I have, is this a sequel to They Watch? Oh, and when can we expect a full length feature? As too They Watch: I wondered if Lanrete was a sequel to this mainly because one of the actors/scientists that has obviously done despicable things is in both this and Lanrete. In this one he wants to make sure his colleague doesn't record his last confession about some horrible deed they had done. There are no zombies but there is a ghostly shadow that ends up terrorizing the dying the scientist. The reason I want to think this is a prequel is because the actor from Lanrete survives to actually appear in Lanrete. Very good use of greyscale, shadows, and the acting is convincing.
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