The Messenger - a chilling little short film

[GnosisMan50]

a very sick and twisted film of no social redeeming value.....

[Amethysto]

She used the claw side of the hammer! That's even more grisly.

[silversurfers7]

...Hope some kid who's lost his/her mum don't see this clip!!

[oneminutehorror]

Great job!  Who needs more than a minute to tell a story?

[minuteshorts]

@oneminutehorror Hey Thanks! I see you had the same idea. ;-) "Valentine's Day of the Dead" was pretty funny!

[schoonfam08]

it was a powerful message but killing is wrong and its one of the 10 comandments not to kill of corse i luved the short film im adding it to my playlist but she shouldent kill message of love to her mom or not its called praying

I STILL LOVE IT

[IWR911]

Wow, very powerful

[titotranquilo]

I like it a lot.

[minuteshorts]

@titotranquilo Thanks!

[Pinkdaisy442]

i feel so bad for the dog! i would never do that in my lifetime...

[psynno1]

Good short film, very effective.

[nemay83]

Ooo... creepy. I like it.

[trytahyde]

clever and twisted...well done!

[minuteshorts]

@trytahyde Thank you very much.

[revnook]

I............I................­I...............

My brother showed me this and I'm still speechless.

This actually disturbed me more than "A Clockwork Orange"...(before anyone starts flaming me; that means that this video rates 6 stars in my book, and that's out of a 5 star system.)

***claps~~~standing ovation***

[webmill20034]

Great job on the short. The greatest horror is through the imagination and I think you brought that. Let me know of any new shorts, or movies :) Huge fan!

[minuteshorts]

@webmill20034 Hey thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I agree nothing can scare you like yourself ;-)

[nameofthepen]

Psychic porn. Worth = 1 thumb down.

[minuteshorts]

@nameofthepen Well, thanks for giving it a look-see anyway. Enjoy your new year.

[bryangutierrez64]

Wtf Did I Just Watch??

[brreadd]

fucked up

[ireland06]

FUCK

[webmill20034]

Great video. Can you tell me who created the music?

[minuteshorts]

@webmill20034 Thanks! I'm not sure of the creator but I got the track from Audio Network.

[dimbulb23]

What't the problem with the time sequence.

A little girl has a dog and grandmother.

Grandmother dies.

Mom and girl are in the car on a day when the girl bought a tag for her dog Angel.

Girls asks about heaven,death and who gets to go

Accident. Mom killed.

Believes what she heard sends Angel with a message.

What's the problem?

[dropilol]

@dimbulb23 it's a little egotistical

[dimbulb23]

@dropilol ? I have no idea what you mean.

A person can be egotistical and "it" cannot be egotistical.

[dropilol]

@dimbulb23 Her mom already knows she loves her, it's egotistical of the girl to kill her dog to reiterate that message.

[dimbulb23]

@dropilol Hey email and Twitter wouldn't work. So what's a kid to do? Maybe it was Valentine's Day, the hammer was right there and the pound is loaded with replacements.

[dropilol]

@dimbulb23 It's her dog she should take care of it. What kinda mother would she be killing her whats dependent on her. If shes not capable of taking care of the dog then the dog should kill her for being worthless.

[dimbulb23]

@dropilol How much more could she do for her dog? She sent him to heaven. What more do you want? You're acting like being sent to heaven is a bad thing.

[dropilol]

@dimbulb23 That was kinda bad saying the dog should kill her. But the principle is the same, how would her mom feel if she killed that dog because she was to lazy to take care of it.

[dropilol]

@dimbulb23 It doesn't work like that, you can't just kill everyone to do them a favor. She should feed and take care of it, show it love. That dog wasn't ready to go to heaven.

[dropilol]

@dropilol Heaven is only what you know. Being killed to deliver a redundant message would harbor resentment. That dog didn't go to heaven because it was never taught unconditional love.

[minuteshorts]

@dropilol LOL "Heaven is only what you know?" What exactly does that even mean? There was nothing redundant about the message. Unless of course your video skipped and you heard the line twice. Only then would I give it to you. If "heaven is only what you know" maybe the dog went to the heaven of conditional or temperate love. Also your proposing that a person who has never experienced this "unconditional love" not only gets screwed by a lack of love but has to forgo eternal bliss. That's rough. 

[dropilol]

@minuteshorts Yeah it is rough, so don't be mean to others.

[dropilol]

@minuteshorts and don't let others be mean to them as well.

[dropilol]

@dropilol like bashing the dog for a pointless errand. Don't get me wrong it is a clever vid I gave u thumbs up, so plz dont take offense to that.

[minuteshorts]

@dropilol No offense taken. Have you seen what some of these other people wrote? =) Discussion is half the fun. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[hapt1K]

fake and gay

[thatdayman]

@hapt1K lol your funny.

[hapt1K]

@thatdayman "you're"

[MiSenigmatic]

whats so confusing about the timeline ??

its pretty straight forward.

it made me cry. . .

[Mahaney82]

Very creepy. Fucking love it.

[chunksloth]

lol cool idea.

I liked the weird voice over. Fuck the haters.

[heuykiller]

Awesome, I got chills down my back. Love that!

[southyak]

Very clever....



[CBMaster2]

funny ending lol

[stevespielberg]

Well done. To people complaining about the audio -- you are stupid. It was done on purpose.

[minuteshorts]

@stevespielberg I like you. dig you name ;-)

[minuteshorts]

@minuteshorts Imagine that read: "your"

[TheTruthOfLies]

terrible audio voice over

[TastelikeChickenable]

stupid bitch killed dog

[LiveForTheArt]

Cool idea, below par execution, the voice over was weird and the time line was confusing, maybe put more time into production.

[MarbleTyrant]

@LiveForTheArt It's a one minute short shot in an hour. If you want higher production values, go pontificate at a festival.

[cydonia21]

As a member of NAMBLA i am proud to announce that we can now communicate with the dead. If your children are interested in talking to dead parents or animals they can just come to our weekly meetings.

[Rawsheeve133]

that sucked ass.

good idea.

production quality was so shity

[minuteshorts]

@Rawsheeve133 Well at least you liked the idea. Thanks for your comment.

[MarbleTyrant]

Totally awesome and well edited. I wish the DSLR revolution had saturated youtube with this kind of stuff: excellent concept and quick execution, rather than obsessive lensturbation with half-hearted writing.

[minuteshorts]

@MarbleTyrant Hey thanks, I'm glad you liked it. Though I wish I had the money for a little lensturbation. ;-) I do agree, concept should take priority.

[MarbleTyrant]

@minuteshorts Keep writing stuff like this and you just might. If you're ever shooting in San Francisco you can use my gear.

[CholoTown]

What the fuck? This implies that little cunt just killed a dog in order to send her dead mom who is in no afterlife a message...

[TheJjMahoney]

Oh my gosh...chills up and down my spine...

[yannmoritz]

awesome!

[jerseysweetie4L]

omg that was pretty good.

[minuteshorts]

@jerseysweetie4L Thanks!

[minuteshorts]

If you want to help me out by posting the video to your friends and Facebook that would be awesome! Gotta love self promotion. Much Love - Strangeworth

[filmstar417]

wait, the time sequence? She's asking her Mum if animals go to heaven after she's killed the dog but before her Mum is killed in the car accident...

doesn't she kill the dog after her mum is killed ?

Then why is she holding the bracelet in the box with the dog's collar, if the dog's already dead, how is the mum still alive ?

[minuteshorts]

@filmstar417 The answer to the question is another question: When does she put on the dog tag?

[VintageFilmTV]

JEEZ THIS IS FRICKING AMAZING. MAKE MORE.

[semszi]

oh damn..



[DamagedWalrus]

wow. this is dark.

[doubledecomposition]

very good very good

how did you come up with such an idea?

[minuteshorts]

@doubledecomposition I'm glad you enjoyed it. How I came up with the idea: I was in the middle of writers block and out of frustration forced my self to write something. I chose to have a young girl killing her dog (kinda out of spite;) and wanted to have it make sense as to why she would. So the story line came out of trying to justify such an action. LOL.

[mcblakewich]

5 stars. Absolutely amazing.

[minuteshorts]

@mcblakewich Thanks, that means a lot!