Some of you who have been with me long enough might remember me covering
two short horror films, The Puzzle (2008) and The Sweet Hand of the
White Rose (2010), from Italian filmmaker Davide Melini (assistant
director for Dario Argento’s Mother of Tears (2008), Penny
Dreadful and Into the Badlands). These were pretty good and provided
me with a new experience in reviewing movies much shorter than I was used to. I
also briefly spotlighted Melini’s supernatural horror/giallo hybrid Deep
Shock (2019) back when it was still in pre-production. The film was delayed
for quite some time but was eventually released in 2019. It has a cool classic
and modern feel to it with a brutal bathroom murder scene that is worthy of the
giallo style film it is celebrating. Davide Melini’s horror short from
the UK titled Lion is boasted as being the most awarded horror short
film in history. It feels like a runaway award effect is taking place with the
film, as it is now up to a staggering 902 awards – which are individually
posted on the film’s socials.
