Shallow Water

This new short film by Sandy Collora (Batman Dead End) is in a word; BRILLIANT. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and the tension built up in this horror/thriller is almost too much to take! I found myself doing all those things you normally shush people for in the theater! Don't do that! Don't go in there! I know Sandy and was fortunate enough to get a preview screening of this movie, which I personally think is his best work, hands down.

It looks incredible, SOUNDS even more incredible and the performance by lead actress Lisa Roumain is perfect. She made me believe she was really feeling all the emotions she went through in the film. The ending? One word; WOW. Just a wonderfully executed piece of work. Well done, Sandy. Very, very, VERY well done.

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I am not going to do a long winded review so it will be short and sweet.Sandy Collora who has worked in the makeup effects business with Stan Winston among others has crafted a suspenseful short film that homages 1980's movies and creature films like Predator.All the effects of the brilliantly designed monster is practical.And lisa roumain the lead actress is wonderful.I highly recommend it.

Absolute masterpiece, Sandy Collora is prime example of what Hollywood is lacking. Been a long time since a film maker made something worth watching. And with all the CGI effects out there its nice to see a return to practical effects. Brilliant creature design Lisa Roumain's performance was off the charts. I absolutely loved this film it did the exact same thing Jaws did to me years ago. Made me afraid to go into the water again.

For me the only negative about Shallow Water is I would have loved to have seen the events which led up to the great twenty minutes I saw. Now that being said, the story wasn't hard to gather from what was shown. A group of friends going to an exotic place at the wrong time which had a deadly outcome for most of them.

The film itself was very well done for the time and budget placed upon it. The creature itself looked MARVELOUS and you can easily tell a lot of time and love went into its creation. For the short visit we have with the "Tiburonera" (translates to "he who hunts sharks"), gives us a glimpse at not just a monster but a world that mankind has been blind to and, in all honesty, which was probably for the better.

The cinematography was well executed and always gave the feel there was more on the other side of the four walled box we are viewing. The sets were lush and the steaming rain helped add to the feel that this was actually happening in some remote jungle somewhere.

Next to the creature itself, the music was an absolute favorite! Suspenseful and catching as our lone survivor flees for her life from the creature as also the music works well with the sounds and calls the Tiburonera makes.

So in the end for this being only a twenty minute film it brought with it an eagerness and want to see the see whole story from its beginning to end. Honestly though should that event never happen, then at least I got to see a part of it and can let my imagination do the rest!!

I skimmed some of the other reviews, and clearly, some of these people have an ax to grind with someone. Yes, I wish it had been the feature- length film that was originally envisioned and planned, but the realities of life and business prevented that. Because it's now a short, I'm willing to overlook a lot of things that I would expect in a longer film. As it is, I found it to be a lot of fun, and very well shot, directed, and acted. For a little over fifteen minutes, I was entertained with a classic-style monster film. That was enough.