The French Doors (2002)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Steve Ayson

Writer:

Steve Ayson (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Short

Plot:

A man installs a set of French doors during a renovation. What he doesn't know is that the doors harbour a secret. A dark secret... |

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Barnie Duncan
Neill Duncan
Andrew Kouacevich
Brett Stewart

Runtime:

13 min

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Lake Xavier Pictures Ltd.

Trivia:

Screened at the following film festivals: Locarno (2002), Melbourne (2002), the Lyons Short Film Festival (2002), Leeds International Film Festival (2005).

Maybe I Expected Too Much

It was a fellow board member of this site who told me about this Kiwi short and taking his advice I watched it . Normally I wouldn`t have bothered my behind to set the video because I have very little interest in short films but I`d heard positive things about THE FRENCH DOORS . Alas I was slightly disappointed by it , it`s by no means bad in anyway but it suffers from the fault of a great number of short films and that is there`s little explanation . It`s similar in feel to a Clive Barker short story where style takes precedence over content but again Barker is a writer who leaves the reader wondering what it all meant and I`m left wondering what THE FRENCH DOORS was all about . Of course if you live on your own in a big house out in the country in the middle of nowhere you might just find this film terrifying , and I do admit I jumped out of my seat at the ending but some stories are too enigmatic for their own good and THE FRENCH DOORS is one such story