A little over 15 minutes in length this Will Nutter directed and written short was released in 2025. By the language and visuals, set in the 19th century, it certainly looks great. The black and white photography sets the atmosphere – though it does go, deliberately, very dark in places.
It starts with Edmund (Steven Hardie Colgan) narrating, as he composes a letter to his mother. He has left England and is sailing in pursuit of his love Mira (Skye McVie), who has been taken by a vampyr (Liam Robertson). Once ashore he finds someone to aid him in his hunt, known simply as the Hunter (Donnie Baxter) and together they set off to the castle.
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| The hunter and Edmund |
Of course, one has to assume everyone is on the level… and to discover if they are, you’ll have to watch the short. Colgan carries the film, earnest but bumbling, though Baxter’s Hunter is a gruff, believable veteran of vampire hunting. The castle used for filming (I believe Lennox castle in Scotland) was a great location – though I think I may have tried to scrub the little bit of graffiti caught on camera in post-production. A minor point.
The imdb page is here.
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