Abusive relationships can leave scars that last a lifetime, but what if it goes beyond that and turns into something murderous.
This is the premise of Dima Barch’s new short Dead End, which screens as part of the Sohome Horror Film Festival – Pride Edition.
We open with a young child being, so it seems, forced to go out with his father hunting but he refuses to pull the trigger much to his dad’s disappointment. We appear to fast forwarding to many years later, we see this through line has followed this boy, as he is taunted whilst distraught in the bathroom.
Right from the outset, there is a dark undercurrent to Dead End, which simmers and waits until the time is right to unleash its own brand of hell.
Rodion Averyanov’s score is extremely intense throughout, honing in on the paranoia engulfing this boy as he looks to escape his past.
Dead Ends leans heavily on the theme of religion, questioning whether this boy can be forgiven for taking another life, despite the abuse he was subject to.
This is dark and brooding stuff but given the subject matter it would be a disservice to have it any other way.
Dead Ends screens as part of the Sohome Horror Film Festival – Pride Edition.
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