In this sci-fi retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", a pair of astronauts work on a small ship orbiting a distant planet. As the mysterious narrator attempts to convince himself of his sanity while describing his brutal act of murder, he becomes haunted by a thunderous heartbeat that could only come from the far reaches of space.
Sound
That heartbeat will live rent-free in your skull forever.
Production
Micro-budget space horror that punches galaxies above its weight.
Direction
Poe adaptation this tight deserves a feature deal yesterday.
Director
Nicholas Camp
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chris Cleveland recorded his narration in a single bathroom-take to capture authentic echo-paranoia.
This 2019 short arrived during a mini-boom of Poe adaptations, but swapped gothic mansions for cramped spacecraft—arguably making the 'confined narrator' theme even more literal.
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