Ryan Graff's (Black Moon) short two minute horror film Unveiled was something I was excited to watch. Short films are always something that can be hard to get right. In terms of the filmmaking this was excellent, but it falls into the same trap of many short horrors, by being entirely predictable.
A woman (Nika Khitrova) is home alone one night, brushing her teeth in the bathroom. Seeing her shower curtain move she decides to investigate, scared that someone might be hiding behind the curtain, but is relieved to find no one there.
I had no problem with either the short length, the actress, or the directing, it was more that I feared this would play out the same way so many of these short horror films do. Unfortunately it didn't do anything to surprise or delight, being a variation on a well trodden story. This may well be down to me having seen too many short horror films, as Unveiled has been nominated in seven festivals and has won a few awards at some of them. Kudos to Graff, whose explanation of his idea for this film doesn't appear to have been lazily thought up, but based off of particular fears he himself had as a child.
If I hadn't seen the same story countless times before I would have enjoyed this a whole lot more, but at least this was one of the better made versions of this story, making for a somewhat effective little micro-horror. Unveiled will be available to watch from October 31st on the BronxNet Channel in New York and on their BronxNet streaming website, with it repeated on November 1st. On November 1st it will also become available on Ryan Graff's own Vimeo channel.
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