Terroir

A dark, moody short film with a cosmic/eldritch horror bent and strong body horror themes. The twist is telegraphed early, but it still hits right, with a dark sense of inevitability. The landscape itself is a brilliant uncredited actor, dark, twisted, and uncomfortable. The film does a lot of small things right that all pay off big.

The actors both lean into their roles, with performances that compliment one another, while bringing forward a sense of tension and discomfort from their introduction, keeping the unsettling interactions flowing throughout, while disarming you just enough to really push the finale.

Not fair define it only as good short horror. It is more an impecable crafted embroidery or watch because from the image precising the end of fall - beginning of winter , to the dinner , when the wine , like the hand pustules are clues about the terrible revelation from barn, all offers components of very large picture.

One of significant aspects - the lost of children by both characters.

The main virtue - the admirable performance of Jay Brazeau and the wise reflection of vulnerability of character proposed by Lisa Chandler.

Sure, a bioethic question explored in precise manner , with high care for each detail to a sort of conversation with viewer who is less surprised by the scenes from barn or manner to keep the secret. Wise used cultural references and inspired mix of fertility believes.

A short film that pulls you in wanting to know more on characters backgrounds but does it in a way like a tease. The right amount of curiosity to what's happing and what has happened, like watching a essay on what the film is about before seeing a full-length film.

As a horror movie the characters hint towards what is going to be happening without overly pointing out the obvious. The dark feeling and undertones adds to atmosphere of this film. The tense feeling between the two characters from their first meeting and the unease you feel watching them interacting helps really draw into what the story is about. Enough horror fantasy without bringing witchcraft or science experiments gone wrong forward. Elements of the supernatural playing a part but not fully explaining how things have come to be.

It was nice seeing a horror film that doesn't use gore and violence to sicken you but instead eases you into the ultimate gross out factor as the development to whats happening is shown.

The amount of knowledge into wine making really shows up as well. Not just a film using wine as a base but also teaches you with real knowledge taken further to an extreme to help create shock.