5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful :- Extremely freaky!, 18 May 2008
Author:
emobadger from United Kingdom
I saw this short at Dead by Dawn 2008 Edinburgh's horror film fest, I'm
surprised by the votes it currently has here on IMDb. There was an
audience vote at DBD to choose the best short horror of the festival,
this came third. Personally I voted it to win. It's very low budget
yes, but it affected my psyche a lot more than many of the ridiculously
high budgeted shorts on display which I'll never think about again.
This short really freaked me out! The idea is really simple but
effective. Reminded me of some nightmares i've had. The actors involved
did a good job too in realising this story, especially that guys wife
at the top of the stairs!! eek! Very Twilight Zoneseque which can only
be a good thing.
I'd like to say bravo!
2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :- Play With Me!, 7 July 2008
Author:
wirrrn from Australia
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
Just saw this excellent short horror film PEEKERS as part of the NIGHT
OF HORROR at the 2008 Revelation film festival in Perth, West
Australia.
Of the eight film shown, this one was one of the three ( along with
others KIRKSDALE and THE ANCIENT RITE OF COREY MCGILLIS) that managed
to terrify me- and I see a *lot* of Horror films. Bonus points to Mr.
Steensland was for making PEEKERS such an awesome, unsettling, truly
creepy film a] in such a short running time and b] without shedding one
drop of blood! I found myself genuinely frightened by the concept,
especially by the line "She wasn't threatening, but I felt threatened"
and the shot of the newsreader 'peeking', suggesting it's happening
everywhere.
give it a peek!
Horrible. Ridiculous. And pointless., 25 May 2009
Author:
Timm Pierson from United States
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
Wow. I clicked on a banner that sent me to the official website of
Peekers. With all of those fancy looking awards on the side of the
page, I thought it might be interesting, or at the very least a fun
diversion for a few moments. But no. The "Peekers" are some sort of
ghoul (what it is is never explained) that possesses and/or assumes the
shape of people and makes them hide behind corners "peeking" at you.
You end the short as clueless as you were from the beginning. Sadly
there is nothing going on in Peekers that would make me able to
recommend it to anyone. It's only a couple of minutes long...I guess
that's a good thing.
I see you!, 5 December 2008
Author:
Alan Rowe Kelly from Paterson, NJ USA
They're living right next door! Across the street! Now they're in your
home! I saw this dark little beauty this past September at the 2008
Dark Carnival Film Festival in Bloomington, Ill. It scared the living
daylights out of me! No blood. No gore. Just good old fashioned
'creeps' by taking the 'average' everyday suburban neighborhood and
turning it into a children's game-gone-nightmare. And the old man's
wife at the top of the stairs?? Yikes! Chilling! Now I know why I don't
deal with my own neighbors! Excellent short film from a very clever
director. I can't wait to see what he creates next! This little horror
flick is must see- look for it!
0 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :- It creeped the living daylights out of me., 13 October 2008
Author:
lcruell from United States
I saw "Peekers" at this year's Shriekfest out in LA where I was also a
triple finalist in the screenplay categories, and I have to say it was
one of my favorite shorts of the whole festival. It was short, simple,
with no expensive special effects or fancy locations and yet it creeped
the living daylights out of me. Something about that shot of "the
Peekers" with the oddness of splitting the face in half, the weird
feel, the inexplicableness of it, and that first actress I mean it just
nailed it casting-wise with her. It was awesome. It reminded me a lot
of the feel you get after reading a really good Stephen King short
story.
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Extremely freaky!, 18 May 2008
Author: emobadger from United Kingdom
I saw this short at Dead by Dawn 2008 Edinburgh's horror film fest, I'm surprised by the votes it currently has here on IMDb. There was an audience vote at DBD to choose the best short horror of the festival, this came third. Personally I voted it to win. It's very low budget yes, but it affected my psyche a lot more than many of the ridiculously high budgeted shorts on display which I'll never think about again. This short really freaked me out! The idea is really simple but effective. Reminded me of some nightmares i've had. The actors involved did a good job too in realising this story, especially that guys wife at the top of the stairs!! eek! Very Twilight Zoneseque which can only be a good thing.
I'd like to say bravo!
2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-

Play With Me!, 7 July 2008
Author: wirrrn from Australia
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
Just saw this excellent short horror film PEEKERS as part of the NIGHT OF HORROR at the 2008 Revelation film festival in Perth, West Australia.
Of the eight film shown, this one was one of the three ( along with others KIRKSDALE and THE ANCIENT RITE OF COREY MCGILLIS) that managed to terrify me- and I see a *lot* of Horror films. Bonus points to Mr. Steensland was for making PEEKERS such an awesome, unsettling, truly creepy film a] in such a short running time and b] without shedding one drop of blood! I found myself genuinely frightened by the concept, especially by the line "She wasn't threatening, but I felt threatened" and the shot of the newsreader 'peeking', suggesting it's happening everywhere.
give it a peek!
Horrible. Ridiculous. And pointless., 25 May 2009

Author: Timm Pierson from United States
*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
Wow. I clicked on a banner that sent me to the official website of Peekers. With all of those fancy looking awards on the side of the page, I thought it might be interesting, or at the very least a fun diversion for a few moments. But no. The "Peekers" are some sort of ghoul (what it is is never explained) that possesses and/or assumes the shape of people and makes them hide behind corners "peeking" at you. You end the short as clueless as you were from the beginning. Sadly there is nothing going on in Peekers that would make me able to recommend it to anyone. It's only a couple of minutes long...I guess that's a good thing.
I see you!, 5 December 2008

Author: Alan Rowe Kelly from Paterson, NJ USA
They're living right next door! Across the street! Now they're in your home! I saw this dark little beauty this past September at the 2008 Dark Carnival Film Festival in Bloomington, Ill. It scared the living daylights out of me! No blood. No gore. Just good old fashioned 'creeps' by taking the 'average' everyday suburban neighborhood and turning it into a children's game-gone-nightmare. And the old man's wife at the top of the stairs?? Yikes! Chilling! Now I know why I don't deal with my own neighbors! Excellent short film from a very clever director. I can't wait to see what he creates next! This little horror flick is must see- look for it!
0 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-

It creeped the living daylights out of me., 13 October 2008
Author: lcruell from United States
I saw "Peekers" at this year's Shriekfest out in LA where I was also a triple finalist in the screenplay categories, and I have to say it was one of my favorite shorts of the whole festival. It was short, simple, with no expensive special effects or fancy locations and yet it creeped the living daylights out of me. Something about that shot of "the Peekers" with the oddness of splitting the face in half, the weird feel, the inexplicableness of it, and that first actress I mean it just nailed it casting-wise with her. It was awesome. It reminded me a lot of the feel you get after reading a really good Stephen King short story.
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