Saturday, November 08, 2025

Short Film: Sweet


This 9-minute short was directed for The Horror Show Channel by Cecil Laird and the YouTube upload was in 2016. It was inspired by the American Vampire graphic novel series and features the character Skinner Sweet (Jaime En Fuego).

the ladies

Set in a Wild West town, the camera lingers on a wanted poster that seems to be Sweet, before following two women leaving the saloon. One, Madam Julia (Gwen Merriman), is trying to persuade Rose (Marina Maldonado) to give up being a saloon girl and work for her in her brothel. They pass a man, who nods and, when they have passed him, is then pulled into an alley.

Jaime En Fuego as Skinner Sweet

Suddenly they are surrounded by three men, all three vampires of European stock. However their toying with the ladies is interrupted with the appearance of Skinner Sweet, an all-American vampire who has some very specific reasons for getting involved… This is, of course, a labour of love from fans of the graphic. Some of the polymorphic effects worked well, especially given that this will have been budget restricted. However, one decapitation suffered due to the cgi. Nevertheless, fans of the graphics are sure to get a kick out of it.

At the time of writing there is no IMDb page.

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