Freddy reviews BLACK MASS by Scott Lyus
Ken with a review of Scott Lyus’ latest, a short horror film about depression titled BLACK MASS.
If you’re looking for Johnny Depp here, look no further.
BLACK MASS is a simple idea with many intricacies held within. On the surface we get a father losing his way after the sudden loss of his wife Carrie (Voiced by Helen Stirling). The father Charlie (Johnny Vivash) says it best.
“Darkness, it’s all I see and I’m drowning in it.”
His two adult daughters Meagan (Sophia Eleni) and Jessica (Charlie Bond) not only recently lost their mom, they’re now watching the disappearance of their father before their very eyes. He’s withdrawn and unable to connect.
That’s what makes this short so impressive. It takes a concept we have all felt internally. A gaping chasm in your heart, bet it losing a loved one, a professional setback, or simply living in a mind clouded by depression. One loss, begets another and so on and so on. Until you’re sliding down your own slide of shame. Depression is no joke. It tears a person apart from within, while making them feel shameful for the way they are behaving. It’s a greasy well, where you just can’t find a grip or even fingerhold to catch your breath. Every time you try you merely fall deeper into your self-made abyss.
BLACK MASS runs a crisp 11 min and 45 seconds. Not a second is wasted in this one. What starts as a simple tale of loss, ends up becoming something much deeper.
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