Demon | Horror Short Film

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A wounded stranger finds a secret on his rescuer's property. A film shot entirely via the light of the full moon. A selection of Short of the Week, the web's leading curators of quality short films. SUBMIT A FILM: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/submit/ FULL REVIEW: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2018/10/31/demon/ Subscribe to S/W on YouTube! Website: http://www.shortoftheweek.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ShortoftheWeek Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shortoftheweek Twitter: https://twitter.com/shortoftheweek Demon Directed by Caleb Slain https://calebslain.com/ "Elegiac…mysterious…enrapturing. There are a lot of adjectives you could toss at Caleb Slain’s Demon, none of which feel successful in properly representing it. It’s a tough film to describe. It’s also a film, that, on first blush, might even seem self indulgent. There’s the perfectly executed long takes, the 20+ minute run time, the flowery, stylized language, the slavish adherence to self imposed criteria (in this case, shooting entirely via the light of a full moon). But, when you’re as talented as Slain (a multiple alum of the site), you’re allowed some auteur-esque quirks. Demon, despite its length, is a gripping chamber play drama backed by an unrelenting sense of supernatural unease. It’s gripping from start to finish. In a loose sense, the film is a horror movie (and thus appropriate for Halloween programming). But, as a one-act play, it’s predicated more on a character-work than outright s

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