Nine minutes. Two killers. One crib. Do NOT check on the baby.
Loyalty becomes a life or death issue for a pair of estranged friends who used to share a grisly occupation in this atmospheric short film.
Direction
Steiner stretches nine minutes into eternity with negative space.
Sound
That baby monitor static? Pure nightmare fuel, no jump scares needed.
Acting
Meacock's trembling hands do what dialogue never could.
Director
Ben Steiner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ben Steiner made this as his NFTS graduation film before directing episodes of Inside No. 9 and The Witcher.
The 4:3 aspect ratio was chosen to evoke vintage home video, making the domestic horror feel like found family footage.
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