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SHORT FILMS
MR. SAM
Recommended. Tests your notions of weirdness. And does it smartly. The most dangerous people are the seemingly normal ones. It also teaches you that your own dirty secret might not be as bad as other people's. Superbly acted by Christopher Piccione. The plot is complex but lucid. Makes you uneasy but the thing is so stylish, including costumes and the scenery, you can't help but be amazed.
LA NUIT M'APPELLE (THE NIGHTS ALONE)
Watchable. Starts with a woman approaching the entrance and when she opens the door, her face is just in front of you, as if you were there. Costumes match interiors. Yet the film, though set in a wealthy residence, is ofted hard to look at, the monster is disgusting and the story perverse, even if ingenious. The French are obsessed with sex, no other nation would associate the monstrous, fat, revolting, old chap with voluntary sex.
SIREN
Recommended. The constantly flashing red and blue lights first blur identities, next make it spooky. The story's of identity - everyone's, of sexual identity and of kidnapping but when and of whom? This 16-minute film has a mid-credit and a horrifying end-credit.
PSOTNIK W SZKLANEJ PULAPCE (PSOTNIK IN THE GLASS TRAP)
Watchable. A clever rework of the adult genre, "Poltergeist", horror clowns and silly cartoons. Black and white animation mixes with a colour actors' film. If only it weren't so vulgar.
LA PENUMBRA (THE GLOOM)
Recommended. Scary as hell from unsettling music in minute one. Add to it: a strange neighbour, walls closing down, some energy turning on devices, losing it, blood, memories playing with your mind - picture-perfect horror.
WEIRDO
Watchable. The opening with silhouttes moving fast in the background and the shaky "R" in the title are foreboding but not as scary as the boy's prolonged stare right in the middle of the film. Putting both pairs of eyes separated by a line across the screen is creative but changes nothing. The victim's eyes only or a dead bird don't have a similar terrifying effect. It makes your pulse race. But cannibalism is not a new thing either.
FUTHARK
Recommended. A damn clever documentary. Strong opposition to Christianity. Is devil what you believe in when you divert from science? Does nature want us to act automatically, like ants, without thinking? Does it want to self-destroy in order to renew the cycle? As for movie effects, it starts with a gong and comprises of night-vision woods, skies, cities, red backgrounds and ominous sounds.
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