A woman gets ready to go out and finds she's not alone in her flat
This is a very simple short film of a woman finding herself stalked by a ventriloquist dummy . I can understand why some people find these dummies grotesque and unnerving . They look like humans but are more of a parody of humans . Or more likely it's because we've all seen a film featuring a dummy coming to life like the British classic DEAD OF NIGHT and if you see a film featuring a dummy you know what's coming next
This short by Louis La Volpe is keeping with this theme . Being a short there's very little exposition and it's up to the audience to interpret what caused the dummy to come to life . It also uses sound in a strange way with a lack of diegetic sound used on the soundtrack . That said there is a strange moment with a comedy whistle used for some reason For what it is
THE DUMMY is a fair horror short with a dark atmosphere and one wonders why La Volpe effectively disappeared after writing and directing it
This is a very simple short film of a woman finding herself stalked by a ventriloquist dummy . I can understand why some people find these dummies grotesque and unnerving . They look like humans but are more of a parody of humans . Or more likely it's because we've all seen a film featuring a dummy coming to life like the British classic DEAD OF NIGHT and if you see a film featuring a dummy you know what's coming next
This short by Louis La Volpe is keeping with this theme . Being a short there's very little exposition and it's up to the audience to interpret what caused the dummy to come to life . It also uses sound in a strange way with a lack of diegetic sound used on the soundtrack . That said there is a strange moment with a comedy whistle used for some reason For what it is
THE DUMMY is a fair horror short with a dark atmosphere and one wonders why La Volpe effectively disappeared after writing and directing it