A kid begs to stay home while his older sister runs to the store. After she leaves, he wishes he would have gone because he doesn’t feel comfortable being at home in the dark as strange things start to happen...
Acting
Jackson Robert Scott's silent terror is genuinely upsetting.
Direction
Hayes squeezes feature-length dread into 600 seconds.
Sound
Negative space becomes the monster.
Director
Dylan Doornbos Hayes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dylan Doornbos Hayes made this as a USC thesis project. Student debt finally worthwhile.
Part of the 'elevated short horror' wave that made YouTube a legitimate festival circuit—StudioBinder even called it one of 2020's best shorts.
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