I think that the thing I liked the most about this 9-minute short by Glen Matthews, released in 2020, is the fact that they managed to get over the fact that main character John (Hugh Thompson, Chapelwaite) has some form of neurological disorder without saying so in dialogue. It is projected in his motor-function skills and frustrated reactions and it is all power to Hugh Thompson’s performance.
As the piece starts, we see him pull his car up and get out, drawing his jacket from the back seat. He enters the hospital he works in and nurse Mary (Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves, Hemlock Grove) starts speaking to him.
He doesn’t respond, concentrating as he is on punching a code into a keypad, she speaks about her frustration with her ward, Bethany, and her crying – though she realises that she is teething. The film then, for a short while, follows John and between the direction by Matthews and the performance we are shown a picture of the man and it is lovely film work. At the same time we do see Mary walking the halls carrying the swaddled baby.
John is drawn to the nursery as the baby’s cries begin again. He does shout for Mary but, concerned, turns on the light and we see what had been a dark shape revealed to be a creature, fanged and clearly having fed on Bethany, blinking in the bright light… What will happen with the creature, could a baby survive and where is Mary… all points are answered in the very worthwhile short film.
The imdb page is here.
As the piece starts, we see him pull his car up and get out, drawing his jacket from the back seat. He enters the hospital he works in and nurse Mary (Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves, Hemlock Grove) starts speaking to him.
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| Hugh Thompson as John |
He doesn’t respond, concentrating as he is on punching a code into a keypad, she speaks about her frustration with her ward, Bethany, and her crying – though she realises that she is teething. The film then, for a short while, follows John and between the direction by Matthews and the performance we are shown a picture of the man and it is lovely film work. At the same time we do see Mary walking the halls carrying the swaddled baby.
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| the vampire |
John is drawn to the nursery as the baby’s cries begin again. He does shout for Mary but, concerned, turns on the light and we see what had been a dark shape revealed to be a creature, fanged and clearly having fed on Bethany, blinking in the bright light… What will happen with the creature, could a baby survive and where is Mary… all points are answered in the very worthwhile short film.
The imdb page is here.
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