Sitting at my PC watching this 9 minute short gives me shivers down my spine. This short was filmed by the up and coming Blood & Guts Productions company out of Indiana. The box art although tame by today's standards holds the key to the true horror for what your about to witness. Director Stephen Corron brings to life a situation all so true and sad an elderly woman in her home; husband long dead, left to playing puzzles as her only companion.
It's in this you immediately feel for the lead, played here by: Madge Levinson she is just trying to find some peace in her life. This film reminds me of the great early Black and White works of early Jean Rollin, the atmosphere is pouring off the screen. As for the production of this short, giving it's very low budget it doesn't show and they get away by having the entire short shot in one location a house. As i stated before this film reminds of of Rollin's earlier work and that's for few reasons; first the terrific Black and White contrast, the twisted killer and the wonderful score done by: Warlock and Bradford.
The killer is played by: Athena Prychodko, and i won't give up the ending but it's a great one. Lastly i just want to add, whoever has completed those 500 or so odd piece puzzles knows what a pain in the ass they can be and how time consuming they are; so for the director, Mr. Corron to come up with an truly original idea based around those puzzles just goes to show that not is indie horror is where it's at but cinema as an artform isn't completely dead either. I reviewed the DVD and it comes with the following special features: Behind The Scenes, Special FX, Deleted Scenes, Promo Trailer
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