"Evil Demon Golfball from Hell" is an 8-minute black-and-white short film from 20 years ago. It is the first effort as writer and director by Rian Johnson, at that point in his early 20s. Johnson rose to fame since then for "Brick", "Looper", "Breaking Bad" and he will be the one directing the next "Star Wars" film as well. His work here is nothing really outstanding, but it is solid taking into account his age and that he was pretty much a rookie at this point. The title already describes what to expect and that is exactly it: a campy little horror comedy film, in which a truly persistent golf ball manages to drive a fully-grown man crazy. It's an okay watch at under 10 minutes, but really not too memorable at all, so you will not be missing anything either if you decide to skip this one. Johnson truly stepped things up after his work here. That much is safe.
