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A business woman (Amelia Gardham) is walking through an underpass whilst texting, when she accidently drops her bag, spilling the contents onto the floor. As she starts to collect her items, she is suddenly notices a mysterious looking figure is stood front of her, a mime who is copying her every move. Although unsettled, she at first to mock the mime to try and throw him off her movements, but after he continues to perfectly match her every move, she turn her back and decides to walk away. But when she suddenly realises she has forgotten her handbag she is forced to turn back and confront the mime.

It is difficult to build up the tension and create characters who you really care about in three minutes, but director Dan Allen manages to create a simple but extremely effective horror in his new #3Minute Horror short The Mime.

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#3Minute Horror is a new web series from British filmmaker Dan Allen (the Unhinged remake). With attention spans diminishing, the series offers a short film which is suited to the modern audience offering an experience which can be watched on all media, anywhere.

With the first #3Minute Horror short, The Mime, now released on http://youtube.com/DanAllenFilms I got an opportunity to speak with Dan and ask him a few questions about why he decided to so a #3MinuteHorror web series and what we can expect in the future.

Why did you decide to create a web-series of #3Minute Horror movies?

I had a lot of ideas bubbling around for villains and characters and plots. Off the back of my feature Unhinged I didn’t want to immediately commit to another big project, so I was excited about this concept which would allow me to create an array of...