Chalamet plays a Puritan boy in a slightly above average horror short
If you want to watch this online, you'll need to search for its alternate title, Butcher's Hill.
Timothee Chalamet's first two performances were in gruesome period horror shorts. CLOWN has slightly better production values perhaps--some of the props in BUTCHER'S HILL appear rather cheap, and the pile of confections the two children come across look decidedly twentieth-century and mass produced--but BUTCHER'S HILL functions slightly better as a scary story. The final moments are effectively creepy, even if the whole story is an extremely well-worn and predictable fairy tale.
BUTCHER'S HILL will also more effectively satisfy anyone who's interested in seeing a very early Chalamet performance. There's nothing especially good or bad about it, but a single shot in which he does a terrified reaction shot does convey the excellent, expressive actor he'd grow up to be. Fans will also probably get a kick out of how the film ends; no spoilers, but it's certainly one of the more interesting moments in his career.
Timothee Chalamet's first two performances were in gruesome period horror shorts. CLOWN has slightly better production values perhaps--some of the props in BUTCHER'S HILL appear rather cheap, and the pile of confections the two children come across look decidedly twentieth-century and mass produced--but BUTCHER'S HILL functions slightly better as a scary story. The final moments are effectively creepy, even if the whole story is an extremely well-worn and predictable fairy tale.
BUTCHER'S HILL will also more effectively satisfy anyone who's interested in seeing a very early Chalamet performance. There's nothing especially good or bad about it, but a single shot in which he does a terrified reaction shot does convey the excellent, expressive actor he'd grow up to be. Fans will also probably get a kick out of how the film ends; no spoilers, but it's certainly one of the more interesting moments in his career.
- nehpetstephen
- Aug 30, 2019