2016 · mystery · horror
The Jester
Directed by Colin Krawchuk10m2016
The Jester is the titular main antagonist of the horror/thriller analogy short films of the same name. He is an enigmatic and malevolent being who enjoys inducing suffering to individuals he comes across who don't appreciate his own tricks or break the rules of Halloween.
Our read: The Jester (2016) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive mystery · horror entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, measured mystery / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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How The Jester feels to watch.
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“You want a quick creepy Halloween short where a trickster's games turn dark and deadly.”
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