A boy deals with the loss of his mother by creating a relationship with a dangerous monster.
Practical Effects
The Ogre costume is gloriously disgusting—no CGI cop-outs.
Acting
Joshua Kaufman carries crushing weight in under 8 minutes.
Direction
Kipp packs a feature's worth of dread into a single reel.
Director
Jeremiah Kipp
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jeremiah Kipp expanded this into a 2021 feature of the same name, but many fans prefer the short's brutal efficiency.
The Ogre's design deliberately evokes both Maurice Sendak's Wild Things and Germanic forest trolls—childhood imagination weaponized against itself.
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