Inch Thick, Knee Deep

...someone usually ends up taking the brunt of it all, and "Inch Thick, Knee Deep" proves to be no exception to that rule. The brainchild of auteur Anatasha Blakely, who surely deserves greater notoriety than she seemingly has so far earned, this well-crafted psycho-thriller (with an emphasis on psycho), builds its mannered way to a shocking climax that is rendered all the more effective by a quiet twist of an epilogue that leaves its traumatized audience wanting still more. Major kudos all around to the crew that put this gut-punch of a short together, mostly to its two leads who deliver utterly convincing performances, and of course even more so to one of those leads, Ms. Blakely, who wrote and directed the thing as well. I'm not going to say anything else except you can find this horrific gem on YouTube and probably elsewhere. For anyone who enjoys disturbing (and disturbed) filmmaking that doesn't rely on grue to work its magic, this is a must-see. With sugar or without.