What if your art started watching you back?
A man becomes obsessed with the shadowy figure in the painting he is producing. Schifrin's student project at USC.
Practical Effects
Old-school shadow effects that aged better than CGI would have
Direction
Schifrin packs more dread in 8 minutes than most features manage
Editing
Tight cuts that leave you zero breathing room
Director
Ryan Schifrin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ryan Schifrin later directed 'Abominable' (2006) and became a working composer—this was his USC thesis film that got industry attention.
This hit the 90s festival circuit right when 'The Ring' and 'Pulse' were making technology-haunted media terrifying—Shadows did it with paint and canvas instead.
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