The Source of Shadows

Horror is my #1 favorite, and anthology films are among my favorite of the genre. Its nice to break away from feature length plots now and then and instead watch a bunch of short ones all packed into roughly the same time frame. All of these shorts are shot nicely, too. The only thing I can say is some are a little hard to follow. One review on here was saying how this anthology film is like way heavy handed on an LGBT theme, and I have to question if they accidently reviewed the wrong film because I failed to see that, like literally at all... So if for some reason you are reluctant becuase of that, don't let it mislead you. Anyway though, at the end of the day, this is worth a watch if you're into the horror anthologies!

I will not try to dress this up as anything more or less than it is... this is not a full length feature per se and can't really be judged by that. It is an anthology of 10 (yes 10) shorts, many of which might be perfect and worthy for YouTube. But this is not an insult. Anyone who peruses horror shorts on YouTube and who is a horror fan will know that there is some quality stuff released there and, in fact, many shorts found there have far more merit than many full length features that get green lit, and these days many of rising talents are using YouTube to get exposure.

Having 10 shorts means that their lengths are not long-- even shorter than what is found in most anthologies, so one can't expect long character development scenes or extensive explanations and plot development. Like many shorts they just take a scene or concept and give it credit for what it is, cutting to the chase and leaving the extended details for the viewer to fill in with their imaginations. Such is the case here... an assemblage of competent little mini stories, generally well crafted and acted. Of course, as with all anthologies, not every one will be a gem... I found one in particular to be quite bad, and a couple to be well done but too basic, but overall the viewing experience was worthwhile.

Note: they are not going for excessive gore or a lot of jump scares... while those can have their place this is not often that place. If that is what you look for exclusively this movie is not for you, but if you want some well crafted little horror shorts that have a bit of effort and love put into them, then you might find some of these tales to your liking.

I also was tempted to give this show a 6 instead of a 7... but I felt it deserved a bit more generosity than a lot of other reviewers might want to give it.

This anthology is a celebration of short film makers. It's well curated. Has some thrills. Worth watching.

Some are ok but there are a couple that stand out, let's be real it's an antology film, it has it's flaws but if you like short films, like the theater bizarre, xx, ABCs of death, etc you will like this one.

This is like someone put together shorts from Alter or Omeleto, it's pretty good! Antologies are always very hit or miss but all the ones in Source of Shadows were hit for me. Except the second segment which was way too short and supposed to be comedy but it was just stupid. All the rest however, I enjoyed very much- some beatifully shot, some with very good acting, some with interesting and original ideas. I want to go in detail for each one but I want to avoid making spoilers. If you like stuff like Demon(2017) or Field Guide to Evil, Source of Shadows is somewhere in between and I could recommend it.