Horror Short Film "GONE"

Refusing to go see her dying Mother, Renee tries to avoid the inevitability of death, as an overwhelming terror takes over her mind.
"GONE" by Christopher Piñero
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"GONE" credits:
Writer/Director: Christopher Piñero
Starring: Jazlyn Yoder, Leslie Stevens, Mike Miller, Yves Bright
Producers: Savannah Sivert, Christopher Piñero, Taylor Hinds
With Moonshine Pictures
Executive Producers: Jazlyn Yoder, Charlie Piñero, Nick Piñero
Production Manager: Amanda Isaacson
Director of Photography: David L. Rivera
First AC: Sam Napod
Camera Operator: Tim Banks
Gaffer: Charles Schaefer
Key Grip: Matt Marks
Editor: Christopher Piñero
Composer: Alex Kish
Sound Design: David Raymer
Colorist: Marika Litz
Visual Effects Supervisor: Mark Renton
Production Design: Haily Coleman
Costume Design: Kristen Hasselbach
Make-Up Artist: Ali Bayless
Production Sound: Marcos Butron
Key PA: Aimee Wu

[@Vegan_botanicals]

this is an excellent reminder that life is short go be with your loved ones more, we will never get this time back. thank you to everyone involved in such an amazing film...

[@sigilmarks]

This was so good it was really moving. People don’t understand grief and pain. So of course they’ll say anything negative in this comment section. Heavily applauded nice work.😊

[@MsMetastatic]

This was so sad. I have stage 4 breast cancer & when I was first diagnosed, my sibling refused to accept it. It wasn’t til I started losing my hair that they realized this was actually happening to me. It’s hard to face our mortality, & that of the people we love. This was so good.

[@Say_No-2_Animal-Abuse_]

I wish you many more wonderful years. 🫶🏻🙏🏻

[@jobisselle2861]

❤

[@MarcusVinicius-we2pg]

​@@Say_No-2_Animal-Abuse_ Were all gonna die... it's the only thing we know for sure.

[@JD_ALMIGHTY]

I hope you are OK, be brave 💪🔥

[@Abir-z3b9y]

God Bless You ❤️❤️

[@pauldavey]

WOW, that really hits home. I remember my mother being ill but no one told me how bad she was. (I lived overseas so I guess no one wanted to worry me) It was only when my dad phoned to say that she wanted to see me that alarm bells rang in my head. I went back home only to find out how bad she really was, I stayed for a few days when she called me to her bedroom and said "Paul go home to your family there is nothing you can do here? I just want to go now but please don't tell your father." I gave her a kiss and I said "I won't see you again will I mum." I turned my back and left the room holding back my tears until I got to her garden. I went back to mine and two days later got the call that she had passed. That was over 11 years ago and is still in my mind like it was yesterday.

[@thefeatheredhag4279]

I’m sorry for your loss 🙁

[@tiffanieathena4410]

I’m sorry for your loss, I lost my mom too. I was aware of how sick she was, but I was the only one. My dad, my brother, her family & herself she was in denial. My heart goes out to you. ❤😢

[@SsemajeJhrvys]

😰😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I hope ur mom restes in peace

[@LeeLooDallas1313]

⁠@@tiffanieathena4410 my SIL passed away yesterday. She was 39. She and her mom were also in denial. It’s so strange, isn’t it?~ the denial of mortality. My own brother passed 4 years ago… he was only 40. He asked me to mind his affairs while he was in the hospital, but as soon as he came out of it… he thought he was invincible, asked me to mind my own business and not say anything about how he wanted to live his life. So I didn’t. The organ failed a year after transplant, and it was So Frustrating. I am sorry for your loss. And Sorry that you probably felt obligated to comfort those family members that were in denial once she passed. 🫂

[@caroleannrice]

The horror of losing a parent to a slow degenerative disease is so sad

[@taydestiny38]

Well done!

[@pjpless2]

This was well written, and the actress was phenomenal. As someone who went through the anxiety and depression of taking care of a dying parent, I understood what she was feeling.

[@deeprollingriver52]

Grief is so deep, dark, and complex. When my sweet sister passed I suffered severe survivors guilt. My mother was so attached to my sister. My mother loved me, but she didn’t like me. When my sister died I thought everyone in the family wished I had been the one who died, not my sweet sister. 14 years later, I still deal with that.

[@papapeps82]

What a cool spin to tackle the grieving process. As someone who has lost one of my pillars in my life, my Dad, I can definitely relate. His loss felt like a horror movie at first. A haunting void filled with sadness and sorrow. Eventually you move on past that and can remember and enjoy the beautiful moments shared together. But before that, oh boy, I can relate. Greath short! Excellent use of music to create the atmosphere and loved the spin on grief as a “horror” movie. Shout out to all the actors who did a tremendous job. Specially the guy who acted as Chris. Not gonna lie, at first I thought he was the “Killer”. Those ears threw me off lol.

[@daniellebyers352]

IDK what to say. This hit way too close to home. I truly didn't know my Father was dying, all the medical staff said he was doing good. I had no idea what this short was about but when I realized what I was watching I had to stop & watch the rest later. Obviously the makers know how it feels.

[@nicolasknauf4206]

I absolutely cried..

[@lisapoe888]

All my family are dead grandparents mom dad older sister and my best friend. Life isn’t beautiful it’s evil…

[@HaleyMary]

I love the scene where she runs to the beach and sees the ghostly image of her mother. I was expecting it to be scarier though with horror in the title, but great job!

[@zombiasnow1565]

Really hit me. I lost both my parents within 9 months of each other. Rest in Peace Mamma e Papa.

[@DavidMcclarren]

My name is Dan, sorry for your loss. I've lost my mom and sister within 9 months of each other also, and my dad back in 1987

[@MonicaMolina-lf3qb]

So sorry. It was terrible 😢

[@niemalsmehrdiegleiche]

This had me crying. Watching your parents dying and taking care of it is super hard. This film is so sad but also kinda beautiful. In my mind the mother knows how hard it is for her to visit and that she needs so her, so she is trying to appear near her. The mix out of ghost/hallucinations/guilt/haunting never knowing if it's real or just in her mind is so well done. Well done.

[@glassdragonmedia]

Like many people, I've dealt with coming to terms and dealing with the loss of family members who had succumbed to cancer. I kept it together until she finally said, "I don't want you to go." I really lost it. Can't stop crying. This was well done.

[@noodlepoodlegirl]

What a beautiful film. I’m speechless. 🥺

[@missingna404]

I love the way the Mom reached through the veil and loving touched her daughter at 16:31. Maybe it was otherworldly or maybe the people we love have a powerful influence on us, that can strengthen us in our darkest moments. Everyone involved in this film did an excellent job.

[@amorphousishere]

not sure why some people are being purposely obtuse in the comments. this was one of the best psychological horror shorts i've seen in a while. excellent acting, great story, some beautiful visual queues. it can be a bit difficult for me to stick through some short films if they don't hook me early enough, but this one was a line hook and sinker. legit just stumbled across this while looking to get inspired. amazing job to everyone involved!

[@dartharaneus67]

Suffering the pain of grief and loss is always an extremely difficult time in a person's life. But even including the visions, here, I would not have classified this video as horror.

[@paullevine1813]

Lost my mom in 2022 from cancer & to think anyone would reject seeeing thier loved ones dying is the hardest thing to face but you need to be there & you need to say the things you must before they are gone . As hard as it it if you don't you will live with regret for the rest of your life . I was not one to run away as she does & i feel sorry for her at the end as she may think she will be OK but that's not going to really happen. A hard short to watch if you feel as she did cause once they are gone you can't go back. All the pills in the world won't fix what you do when you choose the wrong path. Grief is the real horror of losing a loved one.

[@laurielester9437]

The acting on these short films is superb... ☺️

[@atimidbirb]

This is much more on the side of highly uncomfortable rather than being horror. It was like awkwardly standing in the corner of the room with the grieving family of a total stranger.

[@pierremercier4724]

Dealing with the imminent death of somebody we love is not obvious at all. Each person has his/her own way to cope with this inevitable and terrifying issue. The behavior of some people could be hard to understand for others. Most of the time, we're hasty to judge people who seem «odd», even reprehensive regarding our own values and standards. For instance, the behavior of this young woman can easily make us think she's a heartless and insensitive woman. In my opinion, she's afraid about seeing her mother die. The idea of loosing her mother is too much for her. All along this short movie, we can see the turmoil of this woman (the tranquilizing medication she takes is a proof of it), tormented by a mysterious and looked like ominous character, in the shadow. This woman is constantly teared between the guilt of not being with her dying mother and her fear of the terrible fate that awaits her. This is a harsh and demanding dilemma that a lot of people have to struggle with. At the end, we understand that this character is, in fact, the mother of this woman. The luminous end of this movie underlines very aptly, by contrast, the dark and harrowing atmosphere that prevailed before. And the calm, peaceful expression on the face of the main character is on the same wavelength with this bright mood. Please, forgive me to put myself under the spotlights. But I was the care giver of my mother a whole year (2015-6), while she was facing the lungs cancer that took her, eight years ago. For me, this demanding period was the most stressing and meaningful time of my life. Living with somebody you cherish the most in the world, knowing that this person will leave you definitively in a few months, makes you feel all the importance of being present and loving for those who count the most for you. Also, it makes us aware how much the life is fleeting and, therefore, precious. Even if I never have adopted the escaping behavior of this unfortunate woman, I can understand why she acts like this. And that's why I like so much this short movie.

[@QueenMaryyoutub]

Thanks for your insights

[@tabby393]

Great Short! Really shows how self some people can be. It’s not about her it’s about being there for the ones you love till the bitter end!

[@midnightroadstudios]

I love the way you shot this. Really good use of light.

[@ashutoshsrivastava3618]

AFTER WATCHING THIS I CAN SAY THAT ITS NOT A HORROR MOVIE BUT AN EMOTINAL MOVIE BUT ITS GOOD AT THAT.

[@Arcaedia1]

damn. came for a fright, left with depression...Some of best acting ive seen form these horror shorts though.

[@kaitlinduffey5529]

This was a really good short. Had tears in my eyes by the end. I went through some loss recently and the emotions and behaviors depicted in here were spot on. Grief is hard, but the guilt of not seeing someone before they pass is unbearable.

[@sp_nullfilm]

Great short, loved it !

[@kimmyball4961]

Absolutely beautiful ❤

[@francis342]

Wow. This hit me to the core. Superb acting..Great story.

[@kathydowns1872]

This was such a heart-wrenching, terrifying film. Good job!

[@TheFireline]

My mother is alive and relatively healthy. But she too will have to die one day. I already dread that day or the brief moments leading up to it, again and again. We don't have an intimate relationship, we're more like acquaintances. Nevertheless, I am afraid of my own emotions, which I fear I will no longer be able to control when my mother dies. I don't really want to go to the funeral either. That's how it is.

[@rockydavis94]

I feel for you, mate

[@MoonwolfAkirooo]

Same here with me and my mom. I'm afraid that i have to do the funeral stuff and need to be brave in this time as i'm an only child. Tbh my dad died without me, I didnt even know until a month later, so i didnt know of the funeral. And i'm glad, his funeral got me spared. I was always so afraid of this.

[@aidafaure8489]

Excellent short. Great acting, scenario ,cinematography and sound track. Also a reminder to all about appreciating our loved ones whlist they're still alive.

[@amandalidey329]

I'm already scared. That guy just appearing everywhere staring at her is creeping me out. 😨. That was pretty creepy. Definitely had me on the edge.

[@love-by2of]

There was no guy😂

[@jaycurry5593]

That was her mother

[@robertjackson3819]

Beautifully scripted and performed. Thank you.

[@Armylix-]

The whole film gave me anxiety the dog was the only thing that gave some calm feeling 😭😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[@angelicatorres8108]

To me too❤

[@johnthompkins4858]

This should have alot more views then it did.

[@LearningToLiveWithM.S.]

Amazing! The acting, the writing, all of it. Well done.💜

[@stegowhite]

One word - incredible!

[@rockydavis94]

I lost my grandfather five years ago, seeing him in the hospital bed was like a knife in the heart. I was scared of watching him slip away so I told him I loved him, never spoke a word for more than 10 hours. I had to carry his coffin with my cousins and sister crying, and I hated it. I wish I had spent more time with him, even on weekends

[@MarzannaMorana]

Awesome film and cinematography. I loved it! This is what horror is all about.

[@bharatiya804]

It is better to stay with your parents if it is possible. The family togetherness is important

[@DianeMitchell-u9n]

I have loved ones and family members that i have lost and all i could do was cry my eyes away and in deep sorrow and pain with no one there to console with me Thanks for your short film

[@finalomega8894]

I mean if I see something spooky, I’m staying elsewhere. She’s a fine woman though.. Touching ending🎉!

[@jgwents]

Absolutely wonderful.

[@SiennaCarter2904]

This is the first 'horror' movie that actually made me cry. It's the horror of grief. The horror that we have lost someone. It hurts so bad. This hit me hard. I didn't want to say goodbye to my mother either because to do so would be letting her go. I miss her so much. Grief leaves such a huge hole that can't be filled with alcohol or drugs. It's so finite. A life 'gone'. 😭

[@Nobody-b1v]

Excellent! Also has a good message.

[@richardhenry5961]

Been there and done it. 10yrs taking care of my Mother with a form of Dementia. She got to hear Andrea Bocelli all the way.🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🥰

[@amyesimmons6016]

God please shine your light on the people that are in some dark places, please forgive us for any sins and hatred or pride we may have and know that its you who we want to see greet us at our dying day to wake with you and the past loved ones by our side! Thank you dear glorious lord . May we see your light in our hearts ❤

[@fabbybunny]

great job. Shed tears at the end. The ex is hot!

[@SpongegirlCircleskirt]

Watching this on Mother's Day was not a good idea.. RIP, Mom.

[@tormentedslayer7498]

Yeah thats making me think now.. like i still have both of my parents.. my dad has a rare lung disease thats slowly slowing him down an he wont quit smoking, then theres my mom she has stage 3 lung cancer but shes a warrior an she fights everyday! Im still this 35 yr old that lives at home with them, has no life, no partner, suffering from anxiety, depression an PTSD that stays up all night either playing game or on youtube.. thats just to scared to make a life for myself. Idk i want to make my parents proud of their only son.. an stop being such a pathetic loser.. that has suicidal thoughts sometimes.

[@zenmeister68]

Then just be someone else, it’s all made up. Everyone is faking it. I’m sorry you are going through this, but wasting away in your room isn’t why your parents made you. Live for them if you aren’t courageous enough to do it for you. It’s all made up

[@JeffreyHarnden-qw8fs]

Lost both foster parents to cancer one back in 1978 and the other around 99/2000 I’m already preparing to loose my adopted dad any day he is up there in his early 70s and has been sick a lot so I’m preparing myself after he is gone I will only have my brothers and my foster sister but yeah all of my parents my foster ones are both gone and my adopted father will soon be gone it’s like I will be the only one left with the exception of my adopted brothers and foster sister this was a very very good well acted film

[@evetko]

That scene of the field caught me off guard. Quite creepy as more and more showed up. Made me think of all the people who have been a part of my life in one way or another ... It made me also recall going to the cemetery to pay my respects to someone I loved and finding myself wandering throughout looking at each tombstone to only then discover names of elementary and high school classmates that have died and how the list of the lost has grown as I am getting older. Don't know what the dog's purpose was as there was very little interaction ... maybe one hug, one ball toss, then disappeared from the film.

[@All_will_be_revealed]

this made me cry and the acting was good she was upset and angry that her mom was dying that's why she wouldn't see her she didn't want her to leave and yeah she didn't want to accept it and when she finally did it was too late but at least she got a gift from her mom even after she was gone this made me think of my grandma and grandpa i didn't want them to go i wanted it to be a bad dream it sucks losing loved ones

[@ghoststoriestruestories]

Oh wow! Nice work

[@ІвСан]

That was.. i have no words, really. I cried in the end.

[@TraceyWales-nl4dm]

Wow. This one brought me to tears 🖤

[@stressfree27]

Can’t lie. I would’ve went upstairs if I were him

[@taydestiny38]

😂😂😂

[@georginaking5968]

I remember i was not told abt my mum that she had days left 😢 then i was called to the hospital by my daughters friend who said id better come quick and while i was omw to the hospital i got the call to say she had gone 😢😢😢😢😢😢 by time i got there she was asleep 😢😢😢😢 it felt weird i couldn't walk in the room at first till my daughter came and said " mum she looks like she is sleeping " and wen i walked in an see her laying there looking like she was just sleeping 😭😭😭😭😭 this film hit home alot 😢 i miss my mum sooo much RIP MUM 🙏🏼

[@suzannerios2477]

Good movie short!!!👍💯😢

[@elizabthharris6741]

My mom died when I was in hospital with sepsis delirious with fever, and I didn't get to say goodbye. You can't get past the grief if you don't say goodbye, give a last kiss and hug. That was in 2022 and the loss has me isolating and I just can't get past it, and other losses i took that year, even uf I didn't have a choice. Noone knew she would suddenly die. Don't ever not say goodbye

[@Blakkoutval]

Very well done it felt special

[@junespence7546]

Excellent!!!!

[@djmrpotter]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@conservativeamber1216]

Wow!!So Sad and Frightening Gave me Shivers

[@RibsTouching]

10:37 needs to doggy oscar.

[@MaryGeonDe]

That was very good

[@Eli-wg4sd]

I wasn't able to say goodbye when my dad died, it was too sudden. One second he was fine and then next a coma. Anyways, I'll be sobbing on the kitchen floor thanks 😅

[@HeatherClarkafterdark]

Wonderful movie touched my heart.

[@magnetdesignandadver]

Great film Loved the scene when she runs to the beach. Excellent work!

[@Axel.Hernandez]

This resinates. Lost my brother a year ago. Great film

[@sweets4mimi]

I enjoyed this short film.

[@XThirdEyeX]

Reading through the comments...I hope you all know how extremely lucky you all are to have been born to real, actual parents. Instead of being unfairly born to 2 highly toxic, manipulative, abusive creatures as so called "parents" like I unfortunately was. The toxic former alcoholic that was supposed to be my "dad" died over a year ago from cancer, no surprise. Many unresolved traumas involving him...part of me was sad, another part of me could not care less that he's dead. My main tormentor though has been the highly toxic creature that's supposed to be my so called "mother"...that toxic creature completely ruined and crippled me on so many deep and complex levels.. i don't know what the hell I did to deserve to be born into such severely crippling toxicity. 😭💔😭💔

[@taresko3659]

This is sad my aunt died from cancer R.i.p

[@mjo9000]

Great job!!! Loved it!!!

[@nikicarr3921]

very good.

[@ninanoble8252]

I live far away, too far away from my family, and this fear is with me every single day! :( Fear of losing parents without being able to see them! It hurts like he'll! I can't even fathom the depth of sorrow of someone losing their loved ones!

[@BradfordGuy]

Excellent ❤

[@JasmineLyngdoh-g4u]

A woman living alone must lock the doors

[@HasalakaTV]

Thanks

[@Daisyday1Great]

Ery good I enjoyed it

[@smoocher]

I watched this not knowing what it was about. I wouldn't consider it to be a horror film in the traditional sense but more of a film about the horrors of grief. The film was beautiful, as was the acting.

[@louisp.2798]

Solid acting.

[@brain189]

This tripped me out

[@jonathanfang9612]

what was this shot on

[@titilayoabiodun2871]

It's sad to loose love one , pouring out your heart, share your feeling with friends around you can reduce the pain

[@YlvaJonsson]

All Love horrormovies very much alsow and Forever ❤❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮😮

[@barrymiller2078]

I like the scene where he runs at the door like freakin Scooby-Doo

[@albertchehade9916]

What a fragile existence we all suffer collectively, living with demons among us forever as long as Time exists......hold my beer

[@XppleCutiie]

"jinkies im dealing with terrifying reality of death"

[@love-by2of]

Was not s horror. It eas a dhort film on guilt and not being able to face illness and death of a loved one. Seeing her mother everywhere but we were made to think it was a man.

[@AmeniKhelifi]

❤TTTTTTT❤

[@MoonwolfAkirooo]

Well, a few years ago when i was turning 30, i got the message that my dad died about a month ago. We werent in contact since 10 years. Since i'm an only child, it got me pretty hard - BUT my worst fear was always to get this message and that i need to organize his funeral. But noone told me, noone reached out to me. When a family member dies, there is no police to tell you this - it needs to be done by another family member. So, since he bought himself a little house, i moved into it. And i swear, it wasnt easy. I knew he died in the bedroom, i heard how his body changed in his last days and that he couldnt breath (he died of AstraZeneca btw). So every night when i was laying in bed, i saw him in this room, gasping for some air, looking at me. My brain couldnt stop it. There was an aura in this house, i felt like he was still here. But i wasnt really scared actually, i was sad. That i wasnt there, on his final days. Its true, we CAN live with it but it will always be a heavy bag on our backs. I got myself a dog a few months later and i didnt see this brain fart again since then :) live is better with a dog!

[@MJibcoOFFICIAL]

Don’t have a dog if you are too otherwise to walk him to go bathroom

[@angelicapozo1650]

😢

[@nadiaborzacchini1987]

Sad but good

[@raymondlin8728]

Turn on the lights!!!

[@ginunggagap]

13:47 Bad idea Chris... i know a woman who did that in 2024 and it was worst decision he made in her life.

[@carmelarivadeneira3118]

Good short...ghilty is one of the worst terror a human being could have...