This 2017 short film by Michael Nicle totals some 18 minutes and strikes as a young filmmaker flexing his creative muscles and experimenting with his craft – and that is no criticism. What we get is a smorgasbord of effect techniques – drawn backdrops integrated through digital wizardry, filtering, a tad of stop motion, makeup effects and a finished product that is story light but heavy with artistry and atmosphere.
The film follows Domenick (Michael Nicle), a young man who (in 1910) has just lost his father, killed by witchcraft. He contemplates suicide but, instead, decides to visit Aura (Shannon M. Raffery) – an ex-lover who is also versed in the arcane arts, who might show him what lies beyond the veil of death.
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| Shannon M. Raffery as Aura |
Aura refuses him at first but eventually offers him an apple, poisoned – though he should be able to embrace the pain – he bites but as he does bite marks appear on his neck. Aura is not only a witch but a vampire and she knew more about the death of his father than he could have known. Domenick is turned and the film shows us snippets of his undeath and you can see how that pans out below. If you watch through the credits, you’ll get a sense of how the various effects were put together
The imdb page is here.
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