Goodnight Darling

Two sisters. The bizarre behavior of their mother, the fear of the younger and the effort to know the truth of the elder. And the end as precise fall of apparences. A good short horror exploring, in fair manner, old fears / suspicions of the childhood.

I got chills shortly after starting Goodnight Darling. This horror short is genuinely creepy and clearly has potential. However, it probably should have been longer-maybe not a full-length feature, but at least a 15-minute film. Due to its short running time, the story ends rather abruptly, just when it starts to get really interesting. Several peculiar elements are introduced to spark our curiosity, but they're never fully explained. That's exactly why the film could benefit from a few extra minutes. The acting was solid across the board, and I'd love to see a sequel to tie up the loose ends.

My 5* rating isn't indicative of quality, simply of what this short achieves. It's a well-made and suggestive short, with a heavy dose of creepiness. But it seems more like a trailer for a much longer movie than a complete narrative in itself. Ambiguity and what's left out can make for great horror, of course, but there doesn't seem any meaning to this short that can be worked out just from what we see. I'd very much like to see a longer version, which means the short did a good enough job to earn 5 stars even without anything concrete to really appreciate.