Salient Minus Ten

Salient Minus Ten is the latest short from Director , Writer and Producer Emma Dark. An intelligent well shot eerie Science Fiction Thriller, about a Man called Adam who is transported into a realm where he has to play a deadly game. I first saw this at a screening in London around 2018 or 19 I think, well long before we entered the twilight zone world in which we live in now. What I really like about this film is its retro feel of the story with a modern look, what i mean by retro is the 'feel' of such films as The Man Who Fell To Earth and the man driven mad plots such as we saw in The Man Who Haunted Himself ,the sense of mystery and something not being quiet right. This is an other worldly story set in modern normal locations, its also an excellent example of the show and don't tell style filmmaking which usually make the best films. No explanation no exposition needed, most sci fi films need to tell us the why's and the who instead of taking us to these worlds and letting us experience them, which this film Definitely does. Look forward in seeing more from this Director in the future.

Brian Hutton 6th June 2020

A film to feel it, scene by scene. And great performance of Alan Austen. An ordinary man in not ordinary situations and the fine job of Emma Dark to propose to the viewer the status of part of film.Because it is so easy to feel be Adam... The basic virtue - the old fashion atmosphere. And, sure, the impecable craft.

This short film takes you back to an element of creepy suspense that is missing from so many of today's sci-fi films attempting to run the story so fast that they don't give the viewer time to form a prediction on what is about to happen before in this case Emma Dark takes you off in a completely different direction. It has an atmosphere of the early Dr Who stories. With up to date shooting angles, a great performance by Alan Austen, and director Emma Dark's short appearance, you wouldn't want to meet her in character up a dark alley.

Any fans of sci-fi gems like the twilight zone will love the visuals and style of this aesthetically pleasing and stylish foray into the mind bending science fiction genre.

Stylish and atmospheric. A 21st century take on The Outer Limits.