2024 Short Film: Meat Puppet

• Directed by Eros V.
• Written by Eros V.
• Stars David Jonsson, Máiréad Tyers, Gregg Chillin
• Run Time: 11:58
• Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3oLGASdXYE

What Happens

A young man skips his own graduation to stay home and play with his action figures. His girlfriend calls the yell at him for being late, but before he can leave, he gets a package delivered. Is that his new Goku figurine? He can’t wait to open the box, but he’s a little surprised when there’s just a weird hand puppet inside. Still, he can’t resist putting it on and playing with it. 

Or is it playing with him?

Commentary

Be sure to stick around through the credits; there’s more at the end. 

David Jonsson recently starred in “Alien: Romulus,” and he’s excellent here as well. We’ve seen similar puppet-centric plots before, but this one has a few unique twists to it that we enjoyed a lot. It’s extremely well-paced and well-shot, moves quickly, and is very funny.