Surreal, Disturbing Short Horror Film: “Unreel”
I went looking for a good short horror film at YouTube and watched a bunch without finding anything that really grabbed me, and then I found this enigmatic and surreal short directed by C.I. Smith. I like horror films that don’t spell out all the details of whatever nightmare is unfolding, and this is a prime example.
A young projectionist discovers that the horrors she watches on screen might have invaded reality. Unreel is a short macabre horror film about the death of cinema.
Connect with director C.I. Smith:
Website: citizensmith.net
Vimeo: vimeo.com
Youtube: youtube.com
Instagram: instagram.comCrew:
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY / C.I. Smith
PRODUCED BY / Simon Alexander
PRODUCTION COMPANY / Cult Modern
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY / Tom Martin
ART DIRECTOR / Sasha Stamp
EDITOR / C.I. Smith
COLOURIST / Brendan Buckingham
WARDROBE / Emily Pond
SOUND DESIGN / Jane Lo
SOUND RECORDIST / Edward Smallwood
1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / Amy Upton
LINE PRODUCER / Lola Enape
LOCATION MANAGER / Alex Warnham
VFX ARTIST / Jonathan Klahr
VFX ARTIST / Mitchell Kendall Smith
MAKE UP AND SFX / Hannah May Khan
SFX DESIGNER FIEND / Alexander Halsall
SFX ARTIST / Sira Stevenson
PROD. ASSISTANT / Natalya Mykhaylyuk
ART DEPT. ASSISTANT / Giovanni Almonte
GAFFER / Dan Hilltout
ASSISTANT CAMERA / Elliot Wallis
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER / Connor DiffleyCast:
LILY / Nicole Joseph
THE DARKENER / Alexander Halsall
MOTHER / Jacqueline Reljic
FATHER / Connor Williams
CHILD / Alice Allen#cosmicfilms #horrorshorts #shortfilm