When Jane, a mid-career novelist racing a looming deadline, accepts a last-minute dog-sitting stay in a secluded riverside home — the perfect hideout to finish her book, or so she thinks — ordinary moments begin to feel charged with unease. The quiet quickly curdles. A stranger arrives, claiming to be ‘maintenance.’ No phone signal. A river sealed in ice. Footprints in the snow. What starts as a working retreat becomes a tightening psychological trap.

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Review by Andie Kay:

This 8:38 second short horror film from Andrew Sully had some amazing cinematography. The location was really beautiful and great for this story. Max Sharam really knew how to set the tone with the music, it was perfect. It gave you that foreboding sense of unease.

Max also wrote the screenplay and the story is quite interesting. It kind of had this “Cabin in the Woods” feel to it. I loved this idea of this film but I wish the filmmakers built up the suspense more, I oddly felt like I was missing pieces of information within the story. I liked the story itself. The breadcrumb trail left to help you figure out what happened was nice.

Plus how can anyone not fall in love with Gemma? She stole the show.