Terrible Things is a post-apocalyptic short horror film that is currently streaming on ARROW, the streaming subscription service. Written and directed by Ciarán Hickey (Callus), this had quality in spades, though the ten minute story did feel a little bit disjointed.
Claire J. Loy (Beyond the Woods) stars as 'The Wanderer', the sole character to be found here. In an ash chocked post-apocalyptic Ireland she wanders the wasteland doing her best to survive in the new dead world. She eventually comes face to face with what may have been part of the reason for the apocalypse.
This short looked fantastic, with Loy in a gasmask and coveralls out in the misty and ash filled landscape it all looked tremendous. After a brief external prologue, the key scene in terms of dialogue comes when she has sought refuge at an abandoned house. Her dialogue gave life to the dead world, such as when she talks about how children now want to hear fantastical stories about birdsong and being outside in the sunshine, rather than about things like fairies and unicorns. During this exchange she is talking to a burnt out corpse, which helps show the desolate loneliness her character must be feeling. Without spoiling things, the final third of this ten minute horror has her back outside, where she encounters something that looked great on camera.
The costume design and the exterior visual effects were both tremendous. It seem a bit abrupt the seamless transition from wasteland to interior, with the middle dialogue heavy part of this not really feeling that well connected to the rest. Overall though, Terrible Things had a really good look to it, and the story left me wanting to know more about this dead world.
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