Short Film: The Last Halloween (2014)

Synopsis

It’s Trick-or-Treat time once again, and the little ghost boy gets a can of cat food at an old woman’s house.

The four kids move on to the next place, where a creepy old man gives the devil-boy a dead bird.

The next place looks like a prepper’s military compound, and he tells them to leave. There’s a woman named Kate who comes down the stairs; she looks sick. He explains that they can’t just open the door for just anyone anymore. They could be infected…

What is going on here?

Commentary

Was that Julian Richings? Spoiler: Yes, it was.

It starts out mundane enough but gets really weird quickly as we see that this is not a normal place.

It’s well-lit, well-shot has good music, and it’s not clear until the end what’s really going on. OK, I’m still not quite sure, but it’s all really good.