In this short horror/thriller from director Mark Bessenger (Bite Marks, The Last Straight Man), a man calls into phone sex lines looking for a potential romantic partner. Vic, a college student, is interested, but is too nervous to accept, prompting the mysterious caller to take matters into his own hand.
Direction
Bessenger builds full dread in under 300 seconds.
Acting
Peter Stickles' voice work is uncomfortably magnetic.
Editing
Ruthless economy—no frame wasted.
Director
Mark Bessenger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mark Bessenger shot this as a proof-of-concept while developing feature-length queer horror projects.
Part of a 2010s wave of LGBT horror shorts reclaiming grindhouse aesthetics from straight exploitation—Candy weaponizes the 'stranger danger' phone trope specifically through queer cruising culture.
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