Short Film: Post-Mortem Mary (2020) Review

Writer & Director – Joshua Long
Stars: Stella Charrington, Melanie Zanetti, Kathryn Marquet
Run Time: 9:50
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEtnmblohY8

Synopsis

A woman cries alone in a cabin in old-west times. A woman and her daughter come to visit. The woman is a professional death-portrait photographer. Mary is the little dead girl, and also the photographer’s daughter’s name as well. Brought along as an assistant in training. The little girl has been dead for two weeks; it’s not going to be an easy photography job.

The photographer gets sick and goes outside to calm the hysterical mother, leaving it to young Mary to make the corpse look good. Mary is terrified of the dead body, but does what she can…

Commentary

It’s got some good gore, and some nasty effects. You can almost smell the death in the room. Its really good even before the weirdness starts. When the weirdness does start, its even better. This is a must-see!