WATCHER (Award Winning Horror Short Film)
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Published 2023-03-10
Accolades:
Official Selection - FilmQuest 2022
Official Selection - Kevin Smith's Smodcastle Film Festival 2022
Official Selection - Catalina Film Festival 2022
Official Selection - Pasadena Film Festival 2022
Official Selection - Sherman Oak Film Festival 2022
WINNER -
Filmmakers Award - Sherman Oaks Film Festival 2022
Outstanding Short Film (Horror), Outstanding Screenplay (Horror)
Outstanding Performance, Individual (Horror) Soren McVay
NOMINATED - Outstanding US/Canadian Short - Buffalo Dreams Film Festival 2022
NOMINATED - Best Director - Pasadena International Film Festival 2022
NOMINATED - Best Short Film - Pasadena International Film Festival 2022
NOMINATED - Best Ensemble Cast - Oregon Screams FIlm Festival Fall 2022
NOMINATED - Best Cinematography - Austin After Dark Fall 2022
NOMINATED - Best Actor - Kristian Lugo - FANtastic Horror Film Festival 2022
NOMINATED - Best Actress - Gracie Lacey - FANtastic Horror Film Festival 2022
Executive Producer, Director, Writer & Editor: Alan "Poe" Sanchez
Executive Producer: Soren McVay
Producer: Gracie Lacey
Music By: Alexander Arntzen
Starring:
Soren McVay
Kristian Lugo
Gracie Lacey
Jimilee Allen
and Danielle Dallas Roosa
Director of Photography: Ryan Sadler
Special Efx Supervisor: Kenneth Calhoun
Prop Master: Drea Monzon
Sound Mixer: Anthony Paredes
All Comments (21)
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Definitely the best I have seen!! Great story. Great actors. Great directing. Great editing. I absolutely loved this from start to finish!!
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Very well done! This deserves to be made into a full length film 🎞️
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This was good. Very creepy moments and the 2 actresses that made it to the end did an awesome job. If it's ever made in to a full length movie, they must reprise their roles. Keep up the great work😢.
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I wanted to hear what The Watcher said to her. 😢
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Definitely see why it won awards. Great film overall. What the hell is the watcher? I don’t think it’s a who. I hope if this gets turned into a feature length film, the original cast returns. Well, two of the original cast. Ha.
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For real this needs to be in theaters.
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It isn't a low cost short horror movie. If I want to see everyone to die, I can watch an Alien's movie. An invisible hunter/predator ? Well, an easy synopsis to explain this multi-kill. Anyway the making is really good & no reproach can be done on this point. Thanks for sharing your work !
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This was well done They ended up in a place where an entity stalks humanity. I knew once the sound of the cicadas stopped? Nature was telling you to retreat from that spot. This was as scary as it gets! Thanks for the scare ride!
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Glad I happened upon this, great short example of what you can do! I'm gonna be looking for your name. I know I'm gonna be seeing more of you, Poe! You found good actors, the script was compact, efficient and wasted no time, great use of no or low-cost scenery that enhanced and paid off (for the time allowed) and the music is phenomenal, feels much like a big-studio project. Good luck on your imminent success. I'm gonna try and share this with as many as possible!
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THIS WAS F-ING AWESOME!!!!!
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Thank you for the time put into this. Some short horrors are so good clear answers are not needed. this definitely falls into that category! Sound was used to great effect, and the way the music was used to carry us through the one-by-one losses was really effective for me. Thank you again!
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The best part is that we get to write the rest of the story with our imaginations. Like Stephen King, this writer knows that what's left unseen is the scariest thing imaginable. k
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Yo Poe... Keep doing what you're doing bro. Depression can be like living in a dark cave and or wearing an old wool blanket. In a weird way it can make one feel safe for a while (as one gets used to feeling down) and then can turn on a dime and engulf anything that comes close to. Life is to be lived. 😎🤙
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Wow. Short but beautiful story!
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The opening scene is already so intense. The camera work and music portray the adrenaline rush (slight panic?) they felt after the robbery. Wow! Fantastic all the way through!
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She suvived because she was unselfish.
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Well this so fantastic. ❤❤
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Very spooky short. If the writer adds to it a bit at the beginning like showing the bank robbery gone wrong. And give some background of the woods. Have a couple of more people involved to be killed by the “ watcher “ . It would make a full size horror flick. It’s definitely got the vibe for it. For how short it was it kept you on toes. Liked it very much. It kind of reminds me of old spooky tales they tell around a camp fire. Or an old legend. Very good horror short.
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If this Watcher only attacks evil or corrupt people, imagine what it would do in Washington DC!🤔
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Very well done ! Would Love to see a full feature film come out of this giving more background on exactly what the watcher is and what was said to her. Obviously not just your typical murderous ghost . Can't see it but those hefty ground shaking foot steps say it's of giant proportion as well as seeming to have some kind of weaponry/hunting tools . I'm picturing some type of nature spirit that watches and waits for people of wicked , selfish thought/actions to cross its path being the only one of the 4 that pulled the robbery was the one that did it for the unselfish reason of saving her sister .