The Visitor

Caught this short at a festival screening. Very suspenseful lean but juicy little short film from writer/director Ian Kane. In 10 minutes it is especially shot and directed amazingly well for a first-time director. The methodical creeping pace to build up to the climax in conjunction with the quickening pace of the music works wonderfully. The VFX in it are very nice, especially for the budget of the thing.

I was on the edge of my seat watching Hanna (Sara Hedgren) being stalked in her apartment by the otherworldly entity. It was a breath of fresh air seeing an actress in a horror film who wasn't obnoxious or vapid.

It's a little in the vein of Lights Out and Babadook yet recalls more of that vintage pace of old school 70s dark, estoteric horror.

No unnecessary scenes in this, although a hint of the bigger story this links to is in the beginning. My only gripe was I wanted to know more about the entity's lore, but it looks like that will be in the next installment in his series. I cannot recommend this enough, watch it if you get a chance!