Not Horsing Around.

In Water Horse, the new eight minute short film from directors Sean Temple and Sarah Wisner, a family, portrayed by Charlotte Rea, Darren Bailey, and Lilith Hurley must face evil at their secluded home. A mysterious boat shows up at the lake that the house is on and a stranger, portrayed by Joe Covell, has the worst of intentions for the family.

This movie is very creepy. The filming style is very reminiscent of horror films of the 1970's such as Halloween and there are some interestingly shot sequences. The whole tone of the film is very grim and there is a continued sense of foreboding throughout the short. Joe Covell is nightmarish in his portrayal of the stranger and pulls off his role convincingly.

When seeing the title "Water Horse," I was expecting it to be about the Loch Ness Monster or something similar to that. This movie has nothing to do with it and threw me off guard. I'm not sure why the movie is called Water Horse, but I do know that I did enjoy it, although it was very confusing as to what happened, but I believe that was done intentionally. Temple and Wisner know horror, and I hope that they can use the techniques and actors in this short and eventually do a longer short film or feature and really knock it out of the park!

Cinepocalypse Film Fest 2019 - “WATER HORSE” Review

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