The Hangman

Saw this at Glendale Film Fest and was the scariest film of the horror/thriller group. That freaking smile on the hangman will haunt my dreams for a while. Even though it has a simple setup, it does great job building tension through camerawork, sound design and music. The actress was very believable. She genuinely seemed terrified, which is a must have for a horror movie. The director left before I could talk to him, but if he's reading this, I wanted to ask if he has plans for a feature film of this idea? I think the hangman could be like Slender man or the Nun, and become a potential iconic villain cause of his look and the upside down thing. Anyways, good little horror short film.

In some measure, pure surprise. The story is simple and it is fair to believe than, after so many horrors, nothing can real surprise but this short film has few precious virtues reminding old fashion to craft a good horror.

First, it is a smart use of your memories, from bats in caves to the hangman game.

Second , the music, lights and acting are at top level .

It proposes a story, not only thrills and this story is a profound familiar to you from childhood games.

Not the last, the Hangman is just scarry from the first apparition, easy ignored by young woman. And the beginning of a sort of curse is admirable crafted , the phone messages, the apparition of young man, the discover by him and us of new presence of Hangman being real beautiful.

So, a clever short horror.

This film seemed very unrealistic, not in terms of the storyline and how the characters were brought together. I just didn't believe anyone.

No one actually seemed afraid to me. At some point in the film, you could see the hangman was actually wearing a mask which definitely lowered the scary factor. There wasn't one point in the movie where I felt anything resembling fear, anxiety or dread.

However, I did thoroughly enjoy the storyline location, that area has always seemed spooky to me and has a lot of urban myths that I think about whenever storylines take you to that region.

Overall, good storyline, decent acting just didn't make me feel anything.