Horst in Translation ([email protected])
"Vicious" is a 12-minute live action short film from 2015 and this one was written and directed by Oliver Park. He is a prolific actor in fact and this was his first work as the man in charge behind the camera. And for that, it was pretty impressive. i think the camera work was really nicely done. The rest of the film was okay too I guess. The lead actress did a decent job (her looks are certainly helping matters too), the jump scares were fine, but not over the top, and the atmosphere in general was delivered nicely to audiences. I am not the greatest horror film fan, even if I do like the genre a bit I guess and for me this was enough. Still there were one or two moments when I felt the film was slightly too long for its own good. Sure they don't need to reduce it to Sandberg levels (runtime), but maybe slightly under 10 minutes would have been okay. But it's nothing too extreme. The nightmare as well as the relationship with the other girl helped things as a whole, even if it felt a but rushed in perhaps. "Vicious" is victorious. i give it a thumbs-down and people who really love horror films (more than I do) totally want to check this out.