13 minutes. 80s action obsession. More fake blood than a Halloween store explosion.
This over-the-top gorefest tells the story of a young girl who has to combat a large collection of bad guys to escape graphic torture. She takes inspiration from Arnold Schwarzenegger movies circa 1980 unleashing a parade of violence that turns the whole screen red.
Practical Effects
Gallons of homemade blood. They probably ruined a bathtub.
Direction
Turbo Kid directors' feverish origin story.
Costume
The fur coat. The mullet. The commitment.
Director
François Simard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Whissell-Simard collective later made Turbo Kid (2015), turning this short's aesthetic into a Sundance breakout.
Shot in rural Quebec with friends and family—Yoann-Karl Whissell plays both the doctor AND gets killed by his real sister.
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