The Source of Shadows

I will not try to dress this up as anything more or less than it is... this is not a full length feature per se and can't really be judged by that. It is an anthology of 10 (yes 10) shorts, many of which might be perfect and worthy for YouTube. But this is not an insult. Anyone who peruses horror shorts on YouTube and who is a horror fan will know that there is some quality stuff released there and, in fact, many shorts found there have far more merit than many full length features that get green lit, and these days many of rising talents are using YouTube to get exposure.

Having 10 shorts means that their lengths are not long-- even shorter than what is found in most anthologies, so one can't expect long character development scenes or extensive explanations and plot development. Like many shorts they just take a scene or concept and give it credit for what it is, cutting to the chase and leaving the extended details for the viewer to fill in with their imaginations. Such is the case here... an assemblage of competent little mini stories, generally well crafted and acted. Of course, as with all anthologies, not every one will be a gem... I found one in particular to be quite bad, and a couple to be well done but too basic, but overall the viewing experience was worthwhile.

Note: they are not going for excessive gore or a lot of jump scares... while those can have their place this is not often that place. If that is what you look for exclusively this movie is not for you, but if you want some well crafted little horror shorts that have a bit of effort and love put into them, then you might find some of these tales to your liking.

I also was tempted to give this show a 6 instead of a 7... but I felt it deserved a bit more generosity than a lot of other reviewers might want to give it.

When it meant to be scared you I just cant be scared. It's a typical movie try to scare you but the way they try is too shadow, same as the name of movie.

Some are ok but there are a couple that stand out, let's be real it's an antology film, it has it's flaws but if you like short films, like the theater bizarre, xx, ABCs of death, etc you will like this one.

Anyone can write a 5 minutes story, well almost anyone,,,, cause some of these 5 minutes storys was not that well either- but mostly its not that hard to write something that short - so I dont think think this was so good, people who rate this over 6 are not honestly, because this is just a simple anthalogy, fast and short written, nothing new ,,,, some really bad and some little better, but none story is good ,,,,,, but I can give some good points cause of the acting, I think all the acting was good, and I think the production was pretty good aswell, it was only the storys that failed,,,....,

This anthology is a celebration of short film makers. It's well curated. Has some thrills. Worth watching.