THE SOUND | Short Psychological Horror Film

[@van_jen]

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

[@DANiCL4WS]

same ! lol

[@mikaa0712]

A mim também

[@daffke1185]

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[@rosewinters12]

6

[@EnguerrandCeuppens]

😂

[@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

[@margaret6839]

Some would say "giant uncredited ripoff" but hey ho.

[@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!!

[@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.

[@modragon1936]

It's not just annoying, it's a constant reminder of what he has done

[@ladyg7796]

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

[@DonPetrushka]

It was obvious almost since the beginning. The movie is a dull shit with miscast and bad acting

[@Noa_atticus]

​@DonPetrushka That is disrespectful to the filmmakers and actors, but I can't disagree. They could have done so much better than they did.

[@marewinks7177]

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

[@ltvanburen8555]

A modern version of The Tell-Tale Heart. Well played.

[@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 😜

[@gustavosanchez1146]

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

[@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...

[@Remington.Michael]

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

[@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 💯

[@gloriamare748]

😅😅same.here!!!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@JesseEdwards-d1x]

Wats he gonna hammer his hole house down

[@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

[@cheerful_crop_circle]

What is wrong with your attention span?

[@Emsie76]

I’m the same, yet I can watch maybe, 5-6 of these back to back. Dont make sense 😂

[@Noa_atticus]

​@@cheerful_crop_circle Some people, such as myself, have adhd. I find it nearly impossible to watch any series longer than 2 episodes and to watch a full movie.

[@joanwallace1373]

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

[@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

[@cocoonthemoon77]

Uh spoiler alert lol

[@maddierose1021]

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

[@maddierose1021]

@Dion St. Michael *ahold

[@GrizzledTanker]

Bro forgot to stab his other ear. 💯

[@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

[@danielamiriamlopespereira1044]

The Sound of Guilt.

[@neverthesame7887]

Perfect!

[@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"!!! 😰😺😹🦊🐻🐹🐺🐎🐩

[@antiquereelfilms535]

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

[@DonPetrushka]

Since when a psychological drama (pretty bad one) is called "horror"? What's a horror here?

[@jessicadepot9181]

​@@DonPetrushka The definition of horror is a feeling of fear, shock, or disgust or something that causes that feeling. This is definitely shocking and disgusting behavior, I'd say it fits.

[@DonPetrushka]

@@jessicadepot9181 meh

[@MagicmanRon]

Very nice reminded me of poes the Tell tale heart.

[@alicesaid9761]

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

[@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.

[@Taliesin-xd7ke]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@Zidane0724]

@@Elbo-wv6zdthat house was pretty big for him and just his son… his guilt of drinking and addiction overwhelmed his sense of rationality.. he buried his kid because he was burying his failure of addiction… but his guilt drove him to suicide

[@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...

[@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

[@operazionenostalgia8401]

I have tinnitus, I understand very well that frustration.

[@wintermckenna638]

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

[@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.

[@AaronBarrientos-i9s]

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.

[@no_321]

It is real the conscience if a man who killed a child. If he would have just confessed it turned himself in. Guilty without a trial. His sentence with the guilt which made him madened.

[@iamterriffic7041]

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

[@desireerivers4050]

When I watching this, I knew that he had some connection with his dead son, but I thought the ticking was a clock that represented how much time his son had in a dangerous situation like drowing or being left in the car in the summer.

[@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 ❤

[@EggsFights]

I know how he feels with The ringing in my ears constantly. I've heard it all my life.Sometimes it's really loud Sometimes it's really soft but it's always there

[@TheArielledene]

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

[@jordanbrown3816]

Jeez lady no empathy

[@TheArielledene]

@@jordanbrown3816 not for this I’m sorry

[@Jasmine-re5zb]

Exactly. I agree with you OP. He was driving drunk. and with a child his own child in the car. You shouldn't ever do either of these things and then you won't end up in this situation. He brought it on himself by doing two really evil things when it wasn't necessary. There was a logical solution to this but he chose what he wanted over everyone elses safety even his own childs. What did he expect to happen? Thats why you don't drive drunk because you're putting everyone in danger by doing it not just you. There are so many horror stories like this in rl where if the person had just done the right thing, so many lives could have been saved. But what they wanted was more important, so it didnt play out that way. Also he did another really horrible thing by trying to cover up the death of his child and buried them in the backyard. Not only trying to cover up his crime and once again put himself first, but he also disrespectful his child's body by burying them in the backyard like they were garbage instead of putting them to rest properly. To the very end-he was selfish and cruel to his child and always put himself first I have no sympathy for this guy what so ever. Hes evil.

[@BPEJS24-7]

this is how I feel having tinnitus. 😞

[@militant2100]

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

[@haiku1973]

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

[@BlessMyEra]

As soon as he caught the scissors in his hands and brought it near his ear, I immediately closed my eyes.

[@julysunset4356]

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

[@jd0t_adams]

beautifully done. I did not expect the element of loss and guilt to come into it. 10/10 will watch again. cheers!

[@b-radsadventures6846]

Really takes you on a ride! Thank you!

[@historiesforgottenheroes5938]

wonderfully done! a great little short.

[@Daisyday1Great]

This was masterfully done!

[@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

[@lesliemeeks2895]

Excellent short film! TY!

[@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)

[@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.

[@Devonsucks.]

@@nobull9541a movie director.

[@Espressomo]

Didn't know what to expect with this. But damn, it was sooo good. And the build up to the end was great! Definitely a great adaptation of the tell-tale heart! 🔥

[@dethengine]

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

[@LanceSizemorePresents]

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

[@80fcollins]

WOW.... hits you right in the heart.

[@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. 😮

[@Blubastered]

Loved this. Made me jump when the hand moved at the end

[@Foxxivoxxi]

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

[@mita6010]

Riveting and original story, that I found surprising, even though clearly the answer was within the film from the beginning. Well done 👍🏽, congratulations.

[@duchesserickson]

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

[@laylahengel9620]

Why is his blood orange?

[@fermentedchannel]

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

[@kimdolph4833]

@Brandon-sx1np 😂 I thought you were calling someone a short person 😆 I guess sometimes punctuation is everything

[@UCINEMA]

Nice film! Congrats, Patrick!

[@militumxpisti2022]

Veeery gooooood job! Congratulations!

[@TedBackus]

when i was a kid, i had a lot of stressful times that a normal kid should never have to face. it wasnt until i was grown that i really thought about it, but i would have these super unsettling dreams. they werent frightening in a normal sense, but the dread and fear was as real as it could ever be. as i got older i figured it mustve been stress related, but ill never know for sure, but i have never had them again. theyre super simple to explain, so ill do it. id go to sleep, and as the dream began id just hear a loud humming sound, not a buzzing, a very loud humming, like a million bees, or like the hum of the largest electrical appliance ever. in the dream id eventually open my eyes, and my entire field of vision was right up against a flat surface, as if my nose were pushed against a wall. the only thing i could see was a large black circle, which seemed to be on a yellow flat surface. i dont know if it was a wall, or what. the bright edges were blinding, and the dark circle was dark as it gets. the worst part of the dreams is i experienced real time, or what felt like it. id wake from the dreams totally drained, like it really was 7hrs or 8hrs long. it became so bad i began to fear having the dream, because it was like a sensory overload hell. they went on for about 3yrs, roughly 20x per year, and then they stopped, and i never had one again. so far

[@andreabarrientes2652]

Ngl after like 5-10 minutes my mind would’ve just drowned out the sound and I would’ve accepted it as part of my daily life 😭 I really enjoyed this though! Great short story

[@roxybrooks6937]

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

[@Pumpk1nP13]

Ya know not many things make me cry my eyes out but here i am

[@suzielynne9421]

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

[@jerryleroy9187]

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

[@earthling148]

Actually feel like I can't breathe ! This is extremely good , the viewer questions every decision this guy is making while wondering where the hell is anybody? And then piece by piece it falls in your lap you know it's going to be bad but it's too late -absolute horror and that's when I felt Iike I couldn't breathe !

[@raymondlin8728]

I was thinking Tell Tale heart by Edgar Allen Poe when i was watching. And the guilt of killing, burying, and hiding their body

[@WaterhouseFilms]

@@raymondlin8728 to the point. Thank you brother

[@GradKat]

Good adaptation of The Tell Tale Heart, except the actor looked too much like a male model. He should have looked scruffier, down-at-heel, as would befit a man with a drinking problem living in the middle of nowhere in that dump of a house.

[@nsporiginals888]

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

[@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 :)

[@ccsmooth55]

Tinnitus is the worst! I get it when im very stressed. For me it sounds like birds chirping or sometimes a squeaky swing.

[@its.brii.]

10:15 looks like straight up ketchup. and the fact it was only on the palm of the boys hand 💀😆 very believable.

[@aouric105]

Without a doubt this is five star work well done!

[@CharliePalmer-e3b]

What a great suspense film! 😮ever who wrote this, Alfred Hitchcock would be proud of you!

[@magnuslandberg4521]

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

[@TanyaWins007]

That end!!! o.0 Amazing short fim. 👍

[@kendtchileninjah5905]

Kinda reminds me of Silent Hill . Good short film. I do want to know where bro gets his haircut

[@greggi47]

I have heard that some teachers have had difficulty teaching "The Tell-tale Heart" because students don't understand the story . They have never heard a ticking clock.

[@vminhope3040]

OMG parents don’t have clocks anymore?? I myself have one in my room and there’s one in the living room one in the bathroom and like 3 in the kitchen and none of them work except for the living room one. 😅 Also: don’t schools have clocks ??? We always had clocks in every class

[@Krystal-us2ml]

Wow that was sad, the consequences of driving drunk than trying to hide it, but its always there..isnt it?

[@tugcearc5872]

You must watch it! Amazing

[@michelleschwab702]

My heart for that small child 😢❤

[@twistedalicemcgee]

That was an epic take on the tell tale heart ❤

[@Samuel_Morais33]

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

[@richardschatz9992]

When I was a kid I read the "Tell Tale Heart" and it scared me so badly that it was years before I could read Poe again. Aaaand I figured that this was a retelling, but I watched it anyway. Now I have to sleep with all the lights on for six months. Again. 😖

[@joannetownsend6384]

This was excellent.

[@TruthFromTheMtns]

Holy moly. I still believe that the best horror films are the ones that come from what can/does actually happen. Forget paranormal, just delve into some deep psychological topics and you got yourself some truly disturbing, raw, even beautiful in a dark kind of way storytelling. I think he kidnapped the kid. Not that he/she was his own. Thoughts?? I mean why else would he bury the kid like that…Unless he couldn’t bare with the shame and just wanted to cover him up quickly, being already all alone in the countryside… Idk. Maybe it’s both. The kid is his, and was also kidnapped…

[@Ryo7_7]

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

[@sharitabrown8264]

Now THIS was a GREAT one 👍🏾

[@dhaall]

It feels so sad for him. His normal looking expressions doesnt show what he had went through

[@randywoodworth5990]

I got tinnitus (ringing in ears) thought i was going to go insane, but after several months i learned to tune it out, and it really no longer bothers me.

[@BelindaJon41]

So he accidentally killed his child whilst driving drunk & buried him to try & pretend it never happened, but his guilt followed & manifested into the sound of an eternal car indicators click. Very clever with tones of the movie The Machinist

[@prestofilms]

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

[@Bruh404-i4e]

It was a clock.

[@ggmann13]

@@Bruh404-i4e um. no. did you not watch the video? lol wtf