I'm ill with Covid at the moment so have been taking things extremely easy blog wise this weekend (at time of writing). So, here I am with my third short horror film of the week. Don't Look in the Mirror was directed by Alex Magana and didn't hold too many surprises.
Lauren (Autumn Noel) is out walking one day when she spots a mirror left by the side of the road with a 'free' sign on it. Checking it isn't broken, the girl takes it home. When she looks into the mirror however she becomes entranced with her reflection and unable to stop staring at herself. Days pass and her mother (Elle Sunkara) arrives to see why her daughter hasn't been answering her phone...
A simple idea here, and coincidentally the second mirror based short horror I've seen this week, after The Changing Room. This was four minutes of perfectly fine film, but as often happens, this wasn't that exciting to watch. It felt obvious where the story was heading, while the character didn't appear to have changed in appearance for most the short, despite it supposedly being days without sleeping or eating and drinking anything. It leads up to a fun enough final shot. At four minutes this doesn't out stay its welcome but again, didn't really leave much of an impression in a post Smile world.
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