This baby begins on a truly startling note: A lovely young woman (shapely blonde stunner Zoe Sloane) wakes up in a cheap motel room covered in blood with the corpse of a recently slain man lying right next to her. Did the woman kill this man? Or did something even more awful and sinister happen last night? Writer/director Chris R. Notarile does his customary adept job of creating and sustaining an extremely tense, compelling, and unsettling mood; he makes especially effective use of an annoyingly incessant beeping dial-tone, a jittery hand-held camera style, and a spare shuddery score. All of these things further enhance the creepy and uneasy atmosphere. Sloane warrants special praise for her strong and convincing acting; this short is basically a one woman show and she pulls it off with impressive results. Chase Coleman likewise deserves kudos for spending the bulk of his screen time credibly playing a dead dude. The final resolution of the story is quite solid and satisfying, with a worthy central message about the dangers of possible rape involved with one night flings. Well worth a watch.
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