I can't tell if this is a music video or a straight-up horror short, but either way it's something special. It's an eerily lit scene of an otherworldly eel breaking free from its tank and metamorphosing into some kind of twisted but vaguely human form.
Apparently no CG was used so this is all prosthetics and puppetry, which is nothing short of incredible considering the eel, the microbes it spawns, and the things they all become look disturbingly real. The song is pretty cool and I like the way the sounds from the monitor on the eel's tank blend in with it.
For some strange reason this short has a great atmosphere. It's nothing more than a showcase of amazing special effects, complemented by a cool song, but it's worth checking out. The director has since worked on the films "Inbred" (2011), "Possum" (2018) and "Alien: Covenant" (2017), so hopefully his work will continue to be recognised.
7/10.
Apparently no CG was used so this is all prosthetics and puppetry, which is nothing short of incredible considering the eel, the microbes it spawns, and the things they all become look disturbingly real. The song is pretty cool and I like the way the sounds from the monitor on the eel's tank blend in with it.
For some strange reason this short has a great atmosphere. It's nothing more than a showcase of amazing special effects, complemented by a cool song, but it's worth checking out. The director has since worked on the films "Inbred" (2011), "Possum" (2018) and "Alien: Covenant" (2017), so hopefully his work will continue to be recognised.
7/10.
