Five unrelated short films put together dealing with fears such as burial alive, loss of a loved one, losing one's ability to move and function while under the care of someone unkind, elderly disadvantage, mental derangement resulting in cutting yourself, and the inability to bury away infidelity.
I think the best of the bunch is actually the shortest: a narcissist with a hefty wallet loves to dispose of his lovers on the side once they nag him too much by burying them in the desert! Well, when the last one laughs up at him before he shovels dirt on her head, that seems to work as an attachment of guilt he can't overcome. Soon her "phantom" returns to remind him of his evil actions. The silhouetting of the phantom(s), a type of demon of the mind, is well done. Certainly gets what is coming to him.
The short film about an old timer seemingly suffering from increasing dementia and memory loss learns all too well that the death of his dog might not have happened as is told to him by his daughter and son-in-law who have an interest in his home, although they first appear to be sympathetic to his plight. A conversation in the car between them and pops digging up his dog culminate in quite a rad image of fists banging the wood begging release inside a coffin and the above ground recognition that all taking advantage of the elderly has consequences.
The other short films include: (a)a couple visiting a remote Connecticut wilderness near a once-populated town, with fencing saying not to enter, resulting in a type of mental derangement that causes them to use a knife to "cut it out". A mysterious figure, never elaborated but shot at a distance, gets rid of invaders once they butcher themselves. (b)a news reporter has a stroke that debilitates him to the point he can't speak or move, just able to blink his eyes (and eventually discovers telekinesis!) while his pariah of a wife, embittered with his infidelity, plots to get the money saved for their child and send him off into a pool in a wheelchair, staged as an accident! (c)a grieving mother is asked by her daughter's ghost to get revenge against the man that murdered her. But the mother doesn't want to let go of her daughter, despite her spirit desiring rest, and opts to torture the guy instead! Despite being short films with low budgets, there's good photography, with some cleverly staged aesthetic set pieces, familiar stories given fresh coats of paint, and some decent twists (maybe not altogether surprising but some quite satisfying considering the justice meted out towards some rather unsavory folks). Not a bad collection of horror stories.
I think the best of the bunch is actually the shortest: a narcissist with a hefty wallet loves to dispose of his lovers on the side once they nag him too much by burying them in the desert! Well, when the last one laughs up at him before he shovels dirt on her head, that seems to work as an attachment of guilt he can't overcome. Soon her "phantom" returns to remind him of his evil actions. The silhouetting of the phantom(s), a type of demon of the mind, is well done. Certainly gets what is coming to him.
The short film about an old timer seemingly suffering from increasing dementia and memory loss learns all too well that the death of his dog might not have happened as is told to him by his daughter and son-in-law who have an interest in his home, although they first appear to be sympathetic to his plight. A conversation in the car between them and pops digging up his dog culminate in quite a rad image of fists banging the wood begging release inside a coffin and the above ground recognition that all taking advantage of the elderly has consequences.
The other short films include: (a)a couple visiting a remote Connecticut wilderness near a once-populated town, with fencing saying not to enter, resulting in a type of mental derangement that causes them to use a knife to "cut it out". A mysterious figure, never elaborated but shot at a distance, gets rid of invaders once they butcher themselves. (b)a news reporter has a stroke that debilitates him to the point he can't speak or move, just able to blink his eyes (and eventually discovers telekinesis!) while his pariah of a wife, embittered with his infidelity, plots to get the money saved for their child and send him off into a pool in a wheelchair, staged as an accident! (c)a grieving mother is asked by her daughter's ghost to get revenge against the man that murdered her. But the mother doesn't want to let go of her daughter, despite her spirit desiring rest, and opts to torture the guy instead! Despite being short films with low budgets, there's good photography, with some cleverly staged aesthetic set pieces, familiar stories given fresh coats of paint, and some decent twists (maybe not altogether surprising but some quite satisfying considering the justice meted out towards some rather unsavory folks). Not a bad collection of horror stories.