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Who's There? (2018)
Give this man a feature!
This is the second short film I've viewed from director Mike Pecci and I'm just as blown away by it as I was with 12KM.
Mike does an amazing job of taking all of his influences and making this beautiful amalgamation, turning those influences into a new concept all their own. 'Who's There?' I apologize in advance if I'm wrong about these, but, it's just what I saw :)
There are amazing elements of classic haunted house films like Robert Wise's 'The Haunting' and Peter Medak's 'The Changeling' blended with class Bava/Argento high saturated lighting mixed with a little bit of Japanese horror like Ringu, Ju-On, and Kwaidan. There's even a bit of a Hellraiser element involving a key prop (won't spoil it for you).
The premise starts relatively simply with a couple returning home to find their son missing and the babysitter staring almost catatonically into a fire place, unable to articulate what has happened. Once the husband locks eyes with a certain prop the film drastically shifts from a missing child ordeal into a nightmare MUCH worse.
I highly recommend hitting Mike up on social media, sending him your 3 favorite horror films and dropping a little $ support to the film or his podcast to view this film. I hope to see Mike secure a feature of some sort so that we can see more of this level of horror film. Cheers.
12 Kilometers (2016)
Beautiful, Atmospheric Horror
12KM is a beautifully constructed nightmare from director Mike Pecci. The film is an astounding homage to horror films of the 70s and 80s with the paranoia and claustrophobia of films like The Thing and Alien mixed with psychological elements of The Shining and The Exorcist and just a dash of Hellraiser thrown in for good measure.
Everything about this project just screams high production value and masterful writing and direction. Everything just clicks, the cinematography, the art direction, the sound design, all of it.
I really hope to see more of his work soon, especially the possibility of seeing something at a feature length soon. Horror needs more films like 12KM and more filmmakers like Mike Pecci.