THE SOUND | Short Psychological Horror Film

A modern re-telling of an old classic from Edgar Allan Poe. A strange noise torments a man who’s isolated within his small countryside home.

[@van_jen]

Not many of these make me want to look away. But this one definitely accomplished that. Wow!

[@GGG-md3fo]

You can run away from just about anything, but guilty conscience.

[@kimistry9533]

Absolutely agree with you!

[@ItsAllLove4Real]

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉🙌🏾

[@fabiabezerra8037]

conscience and God in man.

[@Virvum_Juggernaut]

Pays to not have one.

[@rolandrickphotography]

Unfortunately there are far to many individuals having no conscience. Amongst politicians, pharma cartel CEOs and other “elites” the rate is most probably 99.999%.

[@DrRonArt]

Definitely very Edgar Allan Poe, masterful at torment and madness. When he picked up those scissors, I was like "Dude, don't do it, don't do it!"

[@jomontanee]

Yes, the modern Tell-Tale heart.

[@pikeflowed]

Yes, DrRon, it was Very Tell-tale heart, wasn't it ? :)

[@Terri_MacKay]

I was thinking "The Tell-tale Heart" from the beginning. And I was yelling the same thing..."Don't do it! Don't do it! You're still gonna hear the sound!" I guess he didn't listen to either one of us.😂

[@tytyree-ql7vg]

Went looking for this comment lol

[@Msmary98-98]

I must say that noise started to piss me off just watching this! So I understand his frustration cause that is annoying!

[@CindyLouWho77]

It was a hell of his own making.

[@andrewkelly6828]

Man "isolated within his small country side home" still able to find a good hairstylist and colorist.

[@Aaron_Barrett]

Because he is actor I think

[@andrewkelly6828]

@@Aaron_Barrett Haha, that's exactly why. Just saying, when you're casting for a role that calls for a dude "isolated in a small country home" maybe he should look the part. I guess, conceivably, the character could've only *recently* headed out to the country and kept his city hairdo, but that really undercuts the "I've been isolated for a long time" vibe.

[@Aaron_Barrett]

@@andrewkelly6828 "The character" is a chronic alchoholic with a szhizophrenia, prone to abusive driving, so he can't be so clean and well groomed. But "people" don't like to think, they like to watch glossiness...

[@Aaron_Barrett]

@@andrewkelly6828 *and prone to digging dead bodies on back yard as we can see...

[@brey1720]

🤣 Well of course, you can find a good stylist anywhere don't ya know 😜

[@BLane-xr1ic]

I don't have the attention span to sit through a whole film, these short horror films are brilliant for me..... I watched this particular one through my fingers lol

[@quinnstagg5629]

The sound is the hazards blinking causing a memory he can’t run from.

[@trishazechel8402]

That's what I thought to.

[@meganyoung.]

@Dion St. Michael lmao right

[@detroitlionspistonstigersr6735]

Well no shit

[@maddieivkovich8130]

This is incredible! Love this type of storytelling. It was simultaneously disturbing to watch and impossible to look away 😅

[@WaterhouseFilms]

That’s what we strive for! Thank you

[@maddieivkovich8130]

@Dion St. Michael *ahold

[@GrizzledTanker]

Bro forgot to stab his other ear. 💯

[@antiquereelfilms535]

Finally, a short horror film that is more about a core message than simple jump scares

[@TheArielledene]

I was NOT expecting the way the ending played out. I can’t even imagine doing something like that. He deserved his fate.

[@ladyg7796]

Good lord... that was horrific and heart-wrenching when you learn why he couldn't turn off the sound...

[@ShrodingersHat]

This is amazing, I feel like the noise is coming from inside of him. Like a metaphor for guilt perhaps, or he's slowly descending into madness. Very good, the sound was driving me crazy too 😂😂

[@toxxicx]

he's being haunted by the sound of the turn signal from the car. that was all he heard after the crash and now that's all he hears

[@GrizzledTanker]

​@@toxxicxExactly 💯

[@peterkull4243]

One of the best short films I've ever watched. It hit me quite hard and I needed a few minutes to digest what I'd just watched.

[@WaterhouseFilms]

Much love. Glad it evoked a strong feeling, that’s what we strive for

[@user-rb6iy2lq8p]

Wats he gonna hammer his hole house down

[@danielamiriamlopespereira1044]

The Sound of Guilt.

[@neverthesame7887]

Perfect!

[@remington-michael-1969]

I so feel for this guy... I have neurological chronic tinnitus, and sometimes it makes me crazy knowing that I may never experience SILENCE again. :-(

[@Neuferkar1980]

I feel you, sometime it's really hard to go on with that problem. Nevermore silence, so frustrating and stressful.

[@____2.c]

وانا ايضاً اعاني من هذا الشىء واتعالج منه :(

[@krystal2157]

Same. Since I was a little kid. It gets awful, it really does

[@Oldschoolnana]

I have it too. It's horrible & can become maddening at times.

[@moodymary]

Yes ! I have it too and it’s funny I came across this because I can feel the frustration of not being able to turn off the sound in my ear. I use headphones to drown it out

[@alanbryant8457]

WOW! When i saw the shovel and child's hand covered in dirt. He killed his child and tried to cover it up with his alcoholic thinking. He reached no turning back point of insanity. Sad but true!! Great work by all.

[@chrisjones5949]

Fairly well done. The sound starts to drive the audience nuts after a while, too. The whole time I was thinking "that sounds a lot like a turn signal," and I guess there was a reason for that. What a tragic ending.

[@Elbo-wv6zd]

I like it! Simple concept, but the psychological and the fact he buried the kid himself. Nice little evil twist at the end.

[@herheartbeats5727]

Sometimes dying on the go is preferable. Common but good tragedy material...

[@Elbo-wv6zd]

@Dion St. Michael good one...

[@Elbo-wv6zd]

@Dion St. Michael something about Einstein?

[@Taliesin-xd7ke]

Poe understood guilt, and your variation of his tale is heart wrenching. Nicely done.❤

[@alicesaid9761]

Excellent work! Great use of sound to build suspense. Also it hit me emotionally when we see the child's hand. Awesome job!

[@krazeediamond1]

This reminds me of 'The Telltale Heart' by Edgar Allen Poe, loved it! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@naomislr]

yesss

[@Salted_Pizza]

Hmm I wonder why... (read the description)

[@mrnobodyyt23]

I was so into it that I felt for few minutes that its happening with me. It was kinda real for me. Well done. Not every short gives that kind of pure vibe. Subscribed...

[@mccanady8217]

This movie did a great job leaving hints throughout the story. By the time you figured out what happened, the movie have you "the reveal" before it ended. The lighting and not easy set very well also. The best part is telling a story without a ton of dialog. It makes your rely on your other senses to put together what's happening. Great job on the film. 👍👍

[@Terri_MacKay]

One of my favourite things about a lot of the horror shorts (on various channels) is that they only feature 1 or 2 characters, with no, or very minimal dialogue.

[@jomontanee]

You reinterpreted EDGAR ALAN POE in a very good way. More tragic because it was a little kid this version.

[@bigcityjunglecatenvisageth1422]

Jo: Coulda been much "worse" because Coulda been an "animal"!!! 😰😺😹🦊🐻🐹🐺🐎🐩

[@rituparna6133]

I was myself irritated of that noise throughout, apart from the great cinema. The actor is handsome!

[@dethengine]

Everything about this film was perfectly done. Great job to everyone involved.

[@gustavosanchez1146]

I live next to a construction and that sound is constant... it can drive you crazy

[@khadeejaansari9860]

Years ago, when I had read *"The Tell-Tale Heart"* by E.A.Poe, I could picturise it in my mind's eye. Poe was truly a master story teller.

[@snowypetal1]

Plot twist.-he has a pacemaker

[@snowypetal1]

@XXII OAR good Lord 😭😭 I hate clowns

[@chaslovesdance]

I know ​@@snowypetal1

[@jeffreyharnden7523]

This was awsome you guys actually just made a grown man cry I'm still crying as I'm typing this comment live this genre I'm sure that there wasn't a dry eye amongst the very talented awsome cast and crew if this very wonderful awsome film to bad it wasn't longer thanks for tge great escape this movie rocks big time hope to see alot more films from you guys but next time I will make sure that I have some tissue next to me bravo take a bow.

[@iamterriffic7041]

This was absolutely one the best realistic shorts I ve seen so far . Some of them are so far fetched it'sabsolutely ridiculous 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@wintermckenna638]

Thankful for the ads at the start! They’re so jolly and they prepare me for wtf I’m about to witness! 😂😂

[@YummiKoKo69]

I love the added detail of the thumb twitching at the end. Very brilliant short film. Bravo!

[@amogus8805]

No im pretty sure that was just an involuntary hand movement.

[@toxxicx]

i rewatched that part and i didn't see anything

[@amogus8805]

@@toxxicx cus there isnt anything

[@nelliesilvers1210]

Yeah. Definitely no twitching. Dead as a doornail, mate

[@historiesforgottenheroes5938]

wonderfully done! a great little short.

[@TheErokk725]

I'm in awe!Absolute awe!👏👏👏👏👏

[@Terri_MacKay]

I realized early on what the sound was, and knew that this was clearly a retelling of "The Tell-tale Heart", but I thought that he had hit another car, and when he checked to see if the driver was okay, he realized they were dead, and he heard the sound of the turn signal in their car. He left the scene, and that sound is what was haunting him. The ending turned out to be so much worse. First, you realize he was driving drunk, then that someone else was in the car. I'm thinking friend? No, girlfriend or wife? What a gut punch when I saw that it was his young child. Great retelling of a classic story with an ending that just broke me. Fantastic!!

[@magnetdesignandadver]

Great concept and production. Awesomely effective. I had to look away at one pint. Sound is so enduring and powerful. It can heal us or harm us

[@b-radsadventures6846]

Really takes you on a ride! Thank you!

[@roxybrooks6937]

This was very good and I liked the way the very ending was filmed.

[@fragrancialima]

Woah, I watch a lot of these short horror movies and this is the best one so far! Good job and keep it up ❤

[@marewinks7177]

Guilt is a stranger to no one. Well done, film makers!

[@LanceSizemorePresents]

That was disturbing and just suspensful . The first short film that has haunted me for days . Soo eerie good job!

[@Daisyday1Great]

This was masterfully done!

[@duchesserickson4069]

This is kind of the way I feel about my nonstop tinnitus. Great film, love the actor! :)

[@julysunset4356]

I walk around with KZbin playing in anything while working. I fully get it. Auditory pains... This was awesone..brilliant!!!

[@AngieCee1]

Telltale heart! I loved this and then realized what it reminded me of. Great film.

[@Rattlehead8989]

Suffering from misophonia and always feeling the need to “seek out” said noise that my brain has decided is a bother to me, watching this man chase that noise while he slowly unravels into madness really hits hard

[@nsporiginals888]

great short film guys, really well done! Subscribed and keen to see more, keep at it!

[@TanyaWins007]

That end!!! o.0 Amazing short fim. 👍

[@haiku1973]

So sad really. Poor kid..I have a 4 years old doughter and my heart stopped by watching this.

[@veleskapritchard2322]

Nice modern interpretation of The Tell Tale Heart!! Very well done.

[@aouric105]

Without a doubt this is five star work well done!

[@militant2100]

Excellent! 3 seconds into it and all I could think of was "Telltale Heart".

[@Msmary98-98]

It’s not really new but it’s new to me cause I just found it ❤️🤷‍♀️

[@louise4217]

Oh wow...I did not expect the ending! Excellent 😬

[@IceCenders]

The ending is immersion-breaking. Nobody buries their own dead relatives in their own gardens (except for serial killers, and priests maybe). The jump from trying to break the wall with the sledgehammer to looking at the broken TV was jarring and left me perplexed, I didn't know if he'd found the TV behind the wall, if the sound was coming from the TV...

[@sharitabrown8264]

Now THIS was a GREAT one 👍🏾

[@myu1419]

This is the type of content that should be featured on KZbin. Though I saw the plot twist coming since the beginning, I admire the visuals and the effort put into it FOR FREE. Thank you a lot ! And keep making :)

[@prestofilms]

A really accomplished short film! The ticking reveal was so unexpected. Great work 👍

[@malls874]

It was a clock.

[@ggmann13]

@@malls874 um. no. did you not watch the video? lol wtf

[@ache4342]

truly a masterpiece

[@jalinacurandera4543]

Why didn't he just turn some loud music on? That's what I do, whenever my neighbour is using his hammer 🤣😂

[@Msmary98-98]

I turn up my tv when my neighbor becomes annoying.... he try’s to turn his music up louder then my tv at times but then I just report him ✨

[@herheartbeats5727]

Agree but I guess there is no external cure for noises coming from your own mind.

[@frostbridge3313]

Heavy Metal 🔥🔥🔥

[@frostbridge3313]

@Dion St. Michael It's sweet and awesome!

[@unclegooseproductions8838]

Fantastic as always! Felt very Eggers inspired... hope you guys are aiming for film festivals with this.

[@WaterhouseFilms]

Thank you bro, honestly never had Eggers in mind but I can see it now, hah

[@nobull9541]

Who's Eggers?

[@Uhlersoth77]

​@@nobull9541 Edgar Allan Poe.

[@lesliemeeks2895]

Excellent short film! TY!

[@Samuel_Morais33]

É um curta-metragem e mesmo assim entregou 2 plot twist no roteiro. Impecável, amei muito.

[@user-we9vp6pw7p]

Me sorprendiste, no lo voy a negar, no esperaba quedarme viendo todo el cortometraje, no dije absolutamente nada mientras lo veia, al final me atrapo por completo, muchas felicitaciones por esto, el trabajo de camara, con planos esteticos pero bien marcados y la fotografia que si te transmiten toda esta ambiente lúgubre y perturbador, tal como una historia de Edgar Allan Poe. La actuación tambien fue lo mejor, un uso magistral del lenguaje corporal, no se necesito casi ni un solo dialogo para poder entender el malestar del protagonista, y ni hablar del plot twist. Para mi esto es un gran ejemplo de horror psicologico, nada de monstruos, screamers y demas cosas ya mencionadas antes por demas personas, yo siento que se trata mas de jugar con la mente, hacerte sentir incomodidad, hacerte pensar que es real y que no es real, hacerte sentir que hasta en el lugar mas normal, ya sea tu casa, o en el exterior siempre puede haber algo acechandote.

[@amandafrazier9724]

Oof, ouch. Nicely done. I was getting heavy Tell-Tale Heart vibes throughout, but the final reveal of the source still hurt.

[@UCINEMA]

Nice film! Congrats, Patrick!

[@vmarkey924]

WOOOOOOW!!!! EXCELLENT!!

[@suzielynne9421]

The sound of guilt.......... Well done all.

[@LanaAndJen]

I’ll never be able to hear my turn signal without thinking of this film 😮

[@LadyDi0514]

Great short! Did not see that end coming. 👍

[@Velzevoulios]

Not the usual horror story. Enjoyable and meaningful. Well done

[@magnuslandberg4521]

This guy is about to lose his mind from guilt. But atleast he got the beard and coiffure in order.

[@joanwallace1373]

They say Karma is a "b" but a guilty conscience tops karma. The actor did a great job. KUDOS all the way around!

[@directedbycolak29]

This one is so good. Great job!

[@uniscornchantal9346]

That's some damn orange blood he gots there.

[@Mjs_1990]

absolutely wonderful short film, great work. SUBSCRIBED 👍

[@MagicmanRon]

Very nice reminded me of poes the Tell tale heart.

[@tugcearc5872]

You must watch it! Amazing

[@ElementalofAir]

Wow, what a dark retelling of a classic Potter Puppet Pals episode lol

[@jewelhaines8842]

Tell-Tale Heart ❤ Anyone?! Great job!! ❣

[@Assassassinator515]

A modern version of Tell-Tale Heart. LOVE IT

[@Brandon-sx1np]

The element of guilty conscience gave me Silent Hill 2 vibes. Well executed short man. Keep it up!

[@vminhope3040]

Omg I haven’t seen the second one

[@bokulporibarkatha3728]

Fan of short horror film. But this one touched my heart so deep🥺

[@hunteralbert7297]

The scariest part: drinking tap water from the BATHROOM!?!?

[@stevosrockinmom]

Why? It's the exact same water that comes out of your kitchen sink.

[@finalomega8894]

Aww, good concept.

[@meganyoung.]

God, this was brutal. Just brutal.

[@laylahengel9620]

Why is his blood orange?

[@Ryo7_7]

That's how it sounds everywhere I walk. It hurts.

[@anamonteiro132]

Mom, please come get me, I'm scared lol Great job, I love it!!!!!

[@rajhenry8863]

He will always hear that sound until he accepts his Guilt 😔!!!!! Very powerful film !!! Watch The MACHINIST with Christian Bale!!!!!!!

[@jerryleroy9187]

Nobody that uses a shovel, works and owns a farm, would have hair like that. NOBODY.

[@michelleschwab702]

My heart for that small child 😢❤

[@rolfisdreamworld489]

wow. very tragic. Good actor. good sound 👍🏻

[@SomeLoser0]

this is how I feel having tinnitus. 😞

[@cristinaelena5571]

This reminds me a lot of the Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. Really nicely done..

[@Salted_Pizza]

Read the description.

[@jomontanee]

@@Salted_Pizza We don’t need to. It is just a short. It is Tell-Tale heart nonetheless.

[@AdventureofMadnessOfficialAOM]

Yo the ending was so dark but this was amazing

[@joannetownsend6384]

This was excellent.

[@NotStarskiwars]

ugh my god i was NOT ready even a little bit. holy heck

[@geoben9801]

Yeah, our conscience separates us humans from the other animals... A clear one allows you to be free. A guilty one will haunt you. 😮