GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
Familiar (2012)
Info:
- Release Date: January 1, 2012
- Creators: Richard Powell (director), Richard Powell (writer)
- Genre: Horror Shorts
- Rating: ★★★☆☆
Plot:
- Not-so-happy husband John Dodd yearns for the day when his daughter heads out to college and he can skip town on his wife. His wife has other plans, much to the consternation of both John and his evil, internal parasite. What's a worm to do?
Notes:
- The parallels between Charlotte's pregnancy and John's parasite
- The ambiguity of the internal voice: invasive alien or just John's own nasty subconscious?
- You know, a simple divorce would have been so much easier
- Fast, fun horror short
- A cross between Aberration and Tetsuo: Iron Man
Cast:
- Robert Nolan as John
- Astrida Auza as Charlotte
- Cathryn Hostick as Jordan