Eight minutes. One walk in the woods. Zero chance you'll sleep tonight.
Cinematography
Snow as character—beautiful and hostile.
Sound
Silence weaponized; every crackle matters.
Direction
Richards squeezes a lifetime into eight minutes.
Director
Simon Richards
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in a single February day in upstate New York; temperatures hit -4°F, forcing real shivers from the cast.
Richards cited 'The Twilight Zone' and Scottish folk horror 'The Wicker Man' as tonal touchstones—note the pagan unease in those bare trees.
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