CARE - Award-Winning Psychological Horror Short Film (ENG with ESP, ITA SUBS)

[@regangrant1337]

Excellent film about the often terrifying aspects of Dementia; isolation, helplessness, loss of self, fear, confusion, hopelessness, fragmented memories, AND SOMETIMES the neglect/abuse they must endure, when receiving "CARE". Sadly, this film is a very accurate depiction some of our aged population face everyday.

[@NotJessH]

My husband’s aunt’s mother was in a care home due to advanced Alzheimer’s among other health problems during the pandemic so his aunt was not allowed to visit her. The poor, elderly woman stopped eating & drinking and the care home “nurses” just said “oh well” and let her be. A few weeks later she’s in hospital severely dehydrated, underweight, bedsores, her adult diaper hadn’t been changed in 9-13 days so the infection from that alone got into her bloodstream and long story short she died of neglect. Her fecal matter and urine caused maggots to eat away at her bottom. What a gruesome way to let someone die. This wasn’t a state run home either. This was supposed to be a first class, incredibly costly establishment. However, due to the pandemic no one was allowed to visit and check on their loved ones so the staff didn’t do their jobs. I’m so mad and sad that the elderly are mistreated.

[@floursandroses]

My God, that is truly awful and heartbreaking. I am so sorry for your husband's aunts loss and the entire family. I worked in nursing homes well into my 20's. When I was about 19, I worked 2nd shift at the front desk of an upscale senior home. I had to report a nurse there for hitting an elderly man. I don't know if she just didn't notice me there or didn't care. They fired that nurse the next day but I've never forgotten about it. I can only imagine how many more do things like that one did when others aren't around. Especially working night shifts. I'm in my 40s now and my family knows I will never stick my parents, my husband's parents, and I don't ever want to be out into any home of any kind because of that experience.

[@mayberry8299]

Young people need to see this film. Preparing for your future for proper care as an elder is so important to the end of one's existence.

[@yusefendure]

This is the kind of horror no one wants to face. Disturbing to the core, but a brilliant job is done.

[@tonys2705]

A true horror story, in every sense of the word. That sense of abandonment and isolation, of 'care' that never materialized. Only abuse and neglect instead. That a person should have to end their life in such a manner is truly a horror of epic proportions and a disgrace over mostly our own country, where our elderly are not given the place of honor given in other cultures. So bravo to you for addressing this issue...

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

if i'm not mistaken the horrors associated with this film is time itself; old age and society's neglect and abuse of its elderly and infrastructure. whenever I see an old dilapidated building many things run through my mind. like who built the structure? who used to occupy it? and capitalism is such waste by allowing these buildings to literally disintegrate and turn to rubble. its a shame that capitalism does the same to elderly as well. WONDERFUL FILM! beautifully filmed and leisurely paced and ms Pringle did a great job! thanks for the film!

[@MsPhilodox]

Beautiful and horrifying. Deeply affecting. Thank you for making this.

[@meshuggah2]

This whole film was extremely well done! I especially loved how it led to the end and the cheerful, friendly wallpaper. Little things like that can be so deceiving as to the torture they surround!

[@sharonwolfe5210]

Diane Kurnick well said... If the walls could talk...

[@Kokusare]

oh I really enjoyed it. great editing, music and the actress was really nice. it shows that you don't need all those jumpscares and weird faces to make a good, scary and creepy horror movie. also, kinda sad. i guess it was supose to be that way. great job, more people need to watch it!

[@lesnyk255]

Wow. I loved this. (I'm a fan of urbex, and have done a bit myself). The disturbingly schizophrenic audio, the stark, still imagery - spare, desolate, cold, occasionally disturbing... portrait of an old woman wandering alone through the ruined corridors of her mind. Excellent.

[@blindriptide]

The old lady is a spirit that is damned to the abandoned care home. She Had never took CARE of her patients and must spend eternity with the voices of past echoes.

[@blu3frogee599]

Yes, I wondered if that was the real twist to the story.

[@raquelsarreb2366]

Brady Skinner Thanks for explaining that. It makes sense to me now!

[@filmjarvis81]

Brady Skinner I think the same as you, she's​ the spirit of a former employee of the care home and she's condemned to care for the spirits of the patients she never properly cared for...

[@surikka9143]

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[@kevingarrett8403]

Or maybe she was wandering around the place, looking for the plot of the story, and being unable to find it, she eventually succumbed to the emptiness of the house, which was a metaphor to this story, and she forgot who she was, or what she was, or why she was there, she became lost forever in a story that had no real meaning.

[@erinjolley325]

Soooo Beautiful! I think everyones take on it is different. I see her as an old woman living in a big fancy house that is now foreign to her...some form of abandonment...maybe it was once her big fancy home or maybe her spirit is living amongst the ruins of this old wreckage, it could also be dementia. In any form it is terrifying to get old and also to be left lonely and or helpless! Great movie

[@christhomas4623]

Just wow... EXTRA SUPER CREEPY AWESOME! Kudos to PAUL TERRY on the score and piano work to ratchet up the tension by 100x. Can't wait to see more of your work!!

[@SkyBabyRecords]

Thank you for your kind words, Chris! Much appreciated. You can check out my other soundtracks over here (via the 'Music' tab): www.paulterryprojects.com

[@jna9197]

All of the decay and disrepair and cacophony are the perceptions of an elderly woman suffering from a dementia that renders her unable to perceive her “care” as anything but terrifying and isolating.

[@shesheshe9389]

Really enjoyed the imagery....well done

[@agerven]

It's a horror house, a horror past and a horror present for this lady. Well time that someone made a film like this, and very well done in all aspects!

[@wrlord]

So I thought this would be horror... but it's actually just very sad, isn't it? Very well done.

[@Vegan_botanicals]

Dear god this was intense to watch absolutely scary in my eyes that poor woman, this was hard to watch but somewhat an eye opener you can't always trust the cares looking after our loved ones... Absolutely amazing short, well done to everyone involved in this production.

[@kennyturner1228]

She is a lost spirit. Forever wondering around the abandoned home.

[@sophiexoxox4542]

the creepy part was showing all the old uneaten and unused stuff. the ending music was creepy and sad. i felt like she was doomed to live forever in the house and felt how lonely she was.

[@Blayde925]

I very much enjoyed this film. The score and visuals melded brilliantly, and Ms. Pringle's performance was excellent. This one is going to stay with me for some time, I expect.

[@PlaytimeMotionPictures]

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[@suziewong5305]

So is the old dear living in her own hell? Was she a member of staff that abused patients and now she's alone with haunting memories of what she put elderly patients through?

[@deoblaz4716]

Do put any snacks you may be enjoying aside while watching this. But let whoever is mindlessly stuffing their face carry on. Its but a momentary diversion and you shouldnt miss anything.

[@blu3frogee599]

Although this is a short film and could, on face value have some scratching their heads as to the meaning, I think it's the very fact that we are discussing it, that proves it's worth. Thanks for sharing :)

[@neatescproductions7809]

Had a very Tarkovsky vibe, which was brilliant. Loved the look, atmosphere and thought behind this film. This to me is horror.

[@JPRK88]

Stunning visuals!

[@MichaelWTurner]

This was interesting. I rally thought the cinematography, sound effects, music, and editing were done very well. I thought the actress was really good too. I didn't quite understand the what the story was. I can tell that she was involved with that old folks home some time in the past, but I didn't understand why she was there currently. I can still appreciate the good parts that I mentioned though. Nice job!

[@embryonic7692]

Michael Turner:I agree, but my taught dirctly was that she was still living there. All her familymembers long gone. Left with an illness and voics inside her hed. The dear hanging on the wall that in the begining looks natural and beautiful but is actually disagrading in the house-reprsenting her was my thaught?, Well! t was well done, surly something different!

[@ExetRV]

It's really scary how easily you can destroy yourself though you just think about your/the past

[@kentreadwell8952]

I'm up to 12 min== when does the movie start?

[@wrlord]

Go watch Transformers.

[@kennethha416]

@@wrlord oof

[@luiscavalcanti3431]

Ha ha ha best comment ever

[@tristanaitchison]

Happy New Year to all who have viewed and commented on this film. I hope 2017 takes CARE of you.

[@rafaelar1297]

Tristan Aitchison I see what you did there.

[@andysixxstalkerangeloftrag5833]

*I'm afraid to be alone.*

[@hippiegoddess8372]

Aawww

[@san5sparkle]

I think it is when you lose your mind and live in this place in your mind.

[@curtchildress7160]

Very visual and very dramatic. An elderly woman who is living inside a haunted institution of horrible memories. But why is she still there? Or is she somewhere else doing all the remembering? This is truly a very interesting exploration, but falls short of completing itself with enough insight to grasp the true reality of the story.

[@NoMoreAdulting]

curt childress I'm probably way off track, but it almost seemed like she was a confused soul. A mass murder victim who spends part of her time wandering and unaware that she's dead.....and part of her time reliving her death (crouched in the closet and looking up at the killer after he found her). I assume a disgruntled employee, fed up with the short staffing, went postal on everyone, thus the blood stains and angry yelling.

[@JumpRopeQueen]

Totally creeped out! Well done!!

[@emorrissey1]

Alternate title "Little Old Lady Walks Around Creepy House Looking for a Bathroom that Works." You're welcome. Can I have that 15 minutes of my life back now?

[@raquelsarreb2366]

Elizabeth Owen ha ha, I have to agree with you!

[@agerven]

Yes, you can have your 15 minutes of life back. You will remember these 15 minutes when you're about the same age of the woman, and then you'll have plenty of time rembering it and regret.

[@shidoxkira]

+agerven Hahaha yeah! Blasted 😂

[@annabelle8470]

Well, as a rebuttal to your attempted humour, it’s better if you infer things about this short film and really use your brain to think instead of being bummed about the 15 minutes like a brainless fish

[@sabrinalounis5171]

This horror film is in fact simply the true. Uggly life why should WE put our beloved parents grand parents Into institutions where they will be propebly abused and treated badly and die in an endless suffering and loneliness when WE Can take Care of them like they took Care of us when WE were little children they deserve to die in a warm house among their grandchildren

[@cheysgrann]

What a gem, such a good one, thank you! I am bipolar2 & this was difficult to listen to, but I still really appreciate it.

[@odiesmum2012]

Her own personal hell.

[@odinson8552]

Damn that was unnerving!

[@darkmistress6944]

This made me so sad...It broke my heart because I know that there are so many helpless elderly out there that go through that kind of abuse at the hands of people entrusted to care for them...It really hit hard for me....I'm left feeling even more depressed than I already am and in tears.....

[@bilibenat9428]

Broke my heart to. Brung tears to my eyes. Happy I'm not alone in that!

[@theicecreamalicorn]

I need to hug my nana after watching this.

[@jewelhaines8842]

Very unsettling. The music, and those creepy disembodied voices! 😨

[@arlearose5390]

I feel so sorry for her 😢

[@alice-nw1xq]

I can feel this home scarry... silent ! Lonely... 😭

[@keshavsinghjadaun198]

looks like she was the ghost of an old lady, traped in a house after death, the presenters wants to tells us that how painfull it is to be trapped in this material world after death

[@Ava_Orchid]

Could be interpreted as her being the person in care or the carer who was not so kind and now lives eternity in the place where she tormented others.

[@adamsoullier563]

this was very dark.. not like the cliched short horror jump scares with the same old predictable outcomes.. good directing too has 'the shining' type atmosphere to it.. interesting screenplay

[@luvssnow9258]

this was freaky good job

[@javondaholloway8767]

I enjoy that short film.

[@Querymonger]

Really great short! I'm guessing you guys are big fans of Ju-On? I see its influence all over this.

[@MMatz-ro1bj]

I so busy being fucking sad for the poor old lady that some ones obviously just left all alone. It totally ruins any fun, one might have. Nice one guys.

[@CattleDog2856]

Beautifully done.

[@shivshakti1214]

Grt work. Amazing photoshoot

[@RatKing97]

I don't completely understand this. I get that the care home was abusive, but I don't get why she's still there or where everyone else went.

[@katherinecornett5073]

What I got from it is it's about how things age and decay.

[@Querymonger]

The home has been shut down, and she went out to visit it again and had horrible flashbacks.

[@RatKing97]

But if she was in a nursing home she wouldn't be able to live on her own after it was shut down, let alone make the trip back there alone.

[@Querymonger]

Plot hole.

[@0CreepingDeath0]

Maybe she was one of the abusers and is now haunting and haunted by the place.

[@DebopriyaMallick]

Nice movie... I can feel what she is going through

[@lindsaythompson1432]

My first instinct was to hate this because of all the unanswered questions but those questions are now becoming the very reason I actually like it! First lesson to all is perception!! Every person watching saw the same film but not everyone came to the same conclusions... Why, how, who, what!?! Nothing answered therefore our perception became everything! Also I wouldn't classify this as horror but more of a psychological "thriller" if you will. Interesting to read what everyone conveyed...my first thoughts were Zombies? The mind of an OCD or Germaphobe...? Is she a forgotten dementia patient?! Frustrating & captivating!

[@trishazechel8402]

It seems this lady was going back to the abandoned care home where she once stayed. And is having flashbacks on what she really went through on their.

[@briandecker3380]

But if she traveled to her former care home, now abandoned, why is she dressed in a housecoat and slippers? Her attire suggests she lives in the home now -- which is not plausible, since it was abandoned long ago.

[@trishazechel8402]

@@briandecker3380 It has to do with the sub-concision of the mind. Sometimes people just can't let go where their was once, probably a safe haven..in this case this woman.

[@dawnwilliams4597]

This is a good film, although sad. I often think that this will be me. I am married, although we haven't lived with each other for 4 years and will get divorced when I have enough money to pay for it. Him pay for it? HA not a chance! I have no children, although I did want them, just I couldn't have any because of health issues, and I am sure my Mom will be gone, she is 68 now, and my brother will hopefully have a family by then, and my sister and her husband and kids, they barely tolerate me as it is. I am not really close to most of my family on my Dad's side, as they for whatever reason don't speak to me, and well most of my Mom's family has passed away or I just don't know them well or at all. I will be 50 in February, so this is a real reality for me.

[@yackingcactus6174]

Dawn Williams A total stranger (female) gives you a hug. I am not a stranger to your situation or feelings. I can’t say all will be ok or happy, but embrace life,

[@dorature3203]

Fiquei muito triste pela senhora ,mas foi muito bem feito e a senhora sabe cativar o espectador .parabens👏👏👏

[@christinevalentin9197]

Who gets that feeling when ppl say u like someone but u dont i hate it ik off subject

[@biggestbrowneyes]

This WILL be me soon....Am I afraid Yes I am ! Thanks !

[@hippiegoddess8372]

Tell me where to find it do u need help or any assistance

[@NickAntik]

how did you edited it?

[@tristanaitchison]

Nick Antik hi... edited on Premiere Pro. Thanks for watching.

[@derekdumas420]

I found it more obscure than scary though I think it's focusing on a diffrent kind of. Horror more of the mind. Then reality

[@drewabbott6993]

Derek Dumas I got a pychological horror vibe

[@steviejoe7918]

Interesting, how they used surrealism. You have to understand film theory and styles to get this one. Definitely not for the main stream, people are too mundane these days to get this. Very artistic and well done.

[@theicecreamalicorn]

BOO! You aren't special for understanding visual cues and the general public aren't idiots. Shush.

[@odiesmum2012]

I was so sorry for the actress and hope that black mold was set dressing. Excellent and creepy.

[@bilibenat9428]

I had that thought also.

[@4got102c]

The actress was the healthiest-looking "elderly" woman in modern film. Where is her Dowager's hump? But creepy nonetheless. I wonder--is she supposed to be a ghost? Or so neglected she's simply a resident of the building left behind?

[@yking6823]

the long dark pauses make me feel like i'm suffocating.

[@jewelhaines8842]

Lorence King And that strange piano music.... Creepy!! 😐

[@hellifiknow7428]

Seems more like an art movie then a horror movie to me at least. It wasn't bad they sound effects were pretty cool. But very anticlimactic. But props for doing what you love. Keep at it.

[@chuckxjarhed982]

The images were excellent but the point escapes me. Is it as simple as it sucks growing old, is she a ghost trapped there alone then what about the other voices? I didnt get what I was supposed to take away.

[@notm4rk]

I need to know how did u guys do the opening text

[@tristanaitchison]

Vava vecki A very talented Title Designer at Leon Studio

[@Alleycat938]

Really great!

[@ImaginaryTerrie3]

Anyone else looking forward to growing old?

[@jewelhaines8842]

I'm there. 😬

[@hippiegoddess8372]

Where is this at

[@TanyaWins007]

The ultra scary part was when the "so-calm" background tune sToPs...

[@simrankhan885]

The old lady y she is alone no body with her I feel very bad for her she is no have any children y no body with her house is so big

[@conundrum11]

yeah I'm gonna have to thumb this down. 50% of the length could have been cut and the ending (or whole thing) explained better. Nothing explained why she was there in the first place at all...I so wanted to like this

[@raquelsarreb2366]

conundrum11 I totally agree 28th you. I kept watching just thinking that something would happen, but it never did :( it was very long & drawn out for sure.

[@raquelsarreb2366]

conundrum11 I HATE spell check. My first sentence actually is that I totally agree with you. I have no idea why my stupid phone put 28th! Sorry about that.

[@barbarapearce9738]

Very well done vusuals and sound but thoroughly depressing 😢

[@thierry2444]

nice one ! Cheers

[@christinevalentin9197]

Perfect vid though i like it

[@shroom3074]

I'm more confused than anything

[@babsmaxwell977]

bravo blessed be

[@eghandcraft6106]

Honestly, it seems like a film school student project. I get it, telling a story visually. Lacks any kind of cathartic relationship to character and audience. I see a possible connection to mental illness or something like dementia. This could be a backdrop to a nine inch nails video. Nothing less, nothing more.

[@kw6217]

Oooh. The spider in the window.

[@1caramarie]

As to the question posted on top, it took one minute to answer that. What was my problem with it? Too much decay, made it too obvious. Perhaps if the decay had been shown to happen slowly, it would have been more effective as it would have presented a passage of time, but since everything was so far gone, there is only one possibility (which I will not name since some people maybe too slow to get it). Terrible punishment, thou.

[@eroliv1837]

Is this a top 10 worst hotels film?

[@valeriestorm3412]

looks just like my house.

[@BelakorVenator]

Reminds me of 2020 nursing homes in NY, CA, MI, PA and NJ…..

[@Saint.3.3.3]

GIMMIE DA BOOOOK

[@brainchild6168]

Dam, someone call a building inspector & shut that place down😂where are the staff? Perhaps if this was her home, it would be more believable. But even the worst nursing home couldn't possibly be that bad in Scotland!? Otherwise I liked it. Poor woman is probably suffering with Alzheimer's

[@brainchild6168]

think she was abused in the past from the sounds of the voices from her past.

[@brainchild6168]

definitely in the art genre opposed to horror but being old & alone & uncared for is horrific, i can imagine tho.

[@MyPrasad1984]

COMMENTATORS - U PEOPLE HAVEN'T GOT THE NITTY AND GRITTY OF THE STORY . THE WOMAN IS DEAD .SHE DIED TRIPPING UP DOWN THE STAIRS . HER SOUL ( SPIRIT ) IS PACING UP AND DOWN ; GROPING AND MOVING ABOUT THE HOUSE ; TAKING IN THE PAST MEMORIES AND THE ACCOMPANYING VOICES .

[@scotte4141]

I think it relied a little too much on the use of stills for decay and scary moments. Sound and editing were good overall, but it lost its level of "scary", which is implied with the award.

[@jewelhaines8842]

Disturbing. 😨

[@mnirwin5112]

I'm not entirely sure what I just watched ... Although why did I know, almost from the start, that it came from the UK ... :D

[@queenieme37]

downloading👉👉🎬

[@demeshwarrana8943]

totally disturbing...

[@TheWriterWalker]

Ugh. Icky! (The home, not the film.)

[@liamtuttle2707]

I don't get it.

[@JDJohnston9906753]

Beautifully filmed. Sound design is effective and creepy, but essentially this film is one 15 minute long establishing shot interspersed with brief snippets of a random woman wandering around an old house. Why?

[@Char-Williams]

Is she a ghost, but doesn't know. Trapped there?

[@tristanaitchison]

Charlene Williams you could be right. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@hippiegoddess8372]

Someone should locate n find out

[@bigcityjunglecatenvisageth1422]

Although I'm aware this movie has a deep meaning attached to it, but at the same time so very dull, drab and monotonous.........Sheeesh......had to stick matchsticks in my eyes to help stay awake. Oh and the only thing of horror was those "floorboards". I was absolutely terrified from those floorboards. Would never want those things in my house :)

[@ptmedicane7369]

where was the ghost ?