Short Synopsis:

Julie returns home from a business trip to find utter chaos. Her day drinking workaholic husband has turned their living room into an office, a strange old man is giving her parenting advice, and her young son has attacked and seriously wounded Eric, the monster under his bed. She must work fast and solve each problem with care, starting with the most pressing: the strange old man.

-Isaac Williams (Director/Producer)

Film Review:

The film’s opening scene is engaging enough to spark a curiosity of how the movie might end. It starts off with Julie (Katy Federman) and Daniel (Rory Galley). Going away for a meeting over the weekend, Julie is saying goodbye to her terrified son Rory because of Eric (the monster hiding under his bed). But Julie doesn’t seem to believe there is indeed a monster under her child’s bed until she comes back home and sees it for herself.

The movie is mainly a dark comedy with a scary element. I did find that the timing of most of the comic scenes were not executed well. A few of them were funny like when Julie got back from her trip and met her husband’s new assistant named Terry (Mac Mckenna) - a strange elderly man with a dry sense of humour. Most of Terry’s scenes were quite hilarious, he has a good script, and he played the role quite well. However with Julie’s husband Martin (Loclann O’Grady) his role as an incredibly insensitive guy with an alcohol problem, he didn’t quite make the role effective. His character appeared boring, and his lines seemed flat, he almost faded in the movie.

In general, the short film is successful with the thriller part but not so much with the humour side. The timing and delivery needed a little bit more refining for it to become the dark comedy it was going for. On a positive note, the film score is excellent from beginning through the end. As well as the brilliant costume and makeup of Eric, the monster, appeared very realistic. Viewers who like short thriller movies might enjoy this.