Rise and be Baptized, Rise and be Baptized, Rise and be Baptized is the opening refrain to
The Whistler as an overhead shot sweeps along a river in the woods. Teenage Lindsay (Karis Cameron) openly displays her displeasure to her parents as they are dressed heading to a work dinner while she has to stay home and babysit her grade school-aged younger sister Rebecca (Baya Ipatowicz). Lindsay has no time for her younger sibling or Becky's missing pet rat Freddy knowing that she's missing out hanging with her friend Cara at THE party when Rebecca asks to hear a bedtime story pulling an oversize book from the shelf. Lindsay begins to read the kids tale of a passing visitor then stops to tell the real story of child abduction leading to nightmares for Becky and even high stake consequences for Lindsay.
Director Jennifer Nicole Stang checks off all of the essential horror elements in this 12-minute short. The suspense is palatable, the soundtrack helps to build the tension as liberal use of slow-moving overhead shots brings home the density, mystery, and danger that is the forest behind the Weaver home.
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1/2 Out of 4.
The Whistler | Jennifer Nicole Stang | Canada | 2019 |12 Minutes.
Tags: Short Film, Babysitting, Texting, Bedtime Story, Traveler, Forest, Lantern, Woods, River, Sewing, Pet Rat.
The film will screen at San Diego Comic- Con Friday July 19th at 7:20 P.M. Marriott Grand Ballroom 6 Marriott Marquis & Marina Hotel.
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