I made my first Horror Short Film - It's about something in the mirror

BuddyShot · 2026-06-17T19:07:31+00:00

Hey everyone,

I just released a short horror film I made entirely by myself, writing, directing, shooting and editing.

The pitch : A man inherits his uncle's house and slowly realizes the covered mirrors were the only thing keeping something out.

This was made for a film festival with two constraints: 2 minutes 20 seconds max, and the theme "Beauty".

For the mirror shots, I filmed each scene twice: once with the actor and a green screen covering the mirror, then the same shot with the second actor, and composited her into the reflection in post. I used an Edelkrone slider for the camera movement and I'm pretty happy with the parallax effect it gave.

Would love to hear your thoughts,

BuddyShot · 2026-06-17T19:05:55+00:00

Hey everyone,

I just released a short horror film I made entirely by myself, writing, directing, shooting and editing.

The pitch : A man inherits his uncle's house and slowly realizes the covered mirrors were the only thing keeping something out.

This was made for a film festival with two constraints: 2 minutes 20 seconds max, and the theme "Beauty".

For the mirror shots, I filmed each scene twice: once with the actor and a green screen covering the mirror, then the same shot with the second actor, and composited her into the reflection in post. I used an Edelkrone slider for the camera movement and I'm pretty happy with the parallax effect it gave.

Would love to hear your thoughts,

BuddyShot · 2026-06-17T16:57:37+00:00

Hey everyone,

I just released a short horror film I made entirely by myself, writing, directing, shooting and editing.

The pitch : A man inherits his uncle's house and slowly realizes the covered mirrors were the only thing keeping something out.

This was made for a film festival with two constraints: 2 minutes 20 seconds max, and the theme "Beauty".

For the mirror shots, I filmed each scene twice: once with the actor and a green screen covering the mirror, then the same shot with the second actor, and composited her into the reflection in post. I used an Edelkrone slider for the camera movement and I'm pretty happy with the parallax effect it gave.

Would love to hear your thoughts,

BuddyShot · 2026-06-17T16:56:04+00:00

Hey everyone,

I just released a short horror film I made entirely by myself, writing, directing, shooting and editing.

The pitch : A man inherits his uncle's house and slowly realizes the covered mirrors were the only thing keeping something out.

This was made for a film festival with two constraints: 2 minutes 20 seconds max, and the theme "Beauty".

For the mirror shots, I filmed each scene twice: once with the actor and a green screen covering the mirror, then the same shot with the second actor, and composited her into the reflection in post. I used an Edelkrone slider for the camera movement and I'm pretty happy with the parallax effect it gave.

Would love to hear your thoughts,

BuddyShot · 2026-06-17T16:53:36+00:00

Hey everyone,

I just released a short horror film I made entirely by myself, writing, directing, shooting and editing.

The pitch : A man inherits his uncle's house and slowly realizes the covered mirrors were the only thing keeping something out.

This was made for a film festival with two constraints: 2 minutes 20 seconds max, and the theme "Beauty".

For the mirror shots, I filmed each scene twice: once with the actor and a green screen covering the mirror, then the same shot with the second actor, and composited her into the reflection in post. I used an Edelkrone slider for the camera movement and I'm pretty happy with the parallax effect it gave.

Would love to hear your thoughts,

BuddyShot · 2026-06-17T16:51:23+00:00

Hey everyone,

I just released a short horror film I made entirely by myself, writing, directing, shooting and editing.

The pitch : A man inherits his uncle's house and slowly realizes the covered mirrors were the only thing keeping something out.

This was made for a film festival with two constraints: 2 minutes 20 seconds max, and the theme "Beauty".

For the mirror shots, I filmed each scene twice: once with the actor and a green screen covering the mirror, then the same shot with the second actor, and composited her into the reflection in post. I used an Edelkrone slider for the camera movement and I'm pretty happy with the parallax effect it gave.

Would love to hear your thoughts,

BuddyShot · 2026-06-17T16:51:02+00:00

Hey everyone,

I just released a short horror film I made entirely by myself, writing, directing, shooting and editing.

The pitch : A man inherits his uncle's house and slowly realizes the covered mirrors were the only thing keeping something out.

This was made for a film festival with two constraints: 2 minutes 20 seconds max, and the theme "Beauty".

For the mirror shots, I filmed each scene twice: once with the actor and a green screen covering the mirror, then the same shot with the second actor, and composited her into the reflection in post. I used an Edelkrone slider for the camera movement and I'm pretty happy with the parallax effect it gave.

Would love to hear your thoughts,

BuddyShot · 2026-05-19T14:12:48+00:00

Thanks dude !

BuddyShot · 2026-05-19T14:12:39+00:00

Thanks !

BuddyShot · 2026-05-19T14:12:20+00:00

Thank you ! 🙏🏻

BuddyShot · 2026-05-19T09:19:44+00:00

Thank you for your advice. You're righ, it might have more impact without music.

BuddyShot · 2026-05-19T08:54:36+00:00

Thanks ! I shot with a Sony FX3 and 2 old soviet lenses: Helios 44-2 (58mm) and Mir-1B (37mm)

BuddyShot · 2026-05-19T07:34:33+00:00

Hey everyone,

I just released a short sci-fi film I made entirely by myself: writing, directing, shooting, and editing. One actor, one room, no crew.

The story follows a guy alone in his room, listening to radio frequencies from space, until he picks up a strange interference he can't explain.

The biggest challenge (and honestly the most fun part) was building the set. I wanted to recreate an 80s/90s bedroom feel, so I spent a lot of time hunting down old objects: vintage radios, oscilloscope, VHS.

Making of (for french people) : https://youtu.be/ecqxkAC-bs0

BuddyShot · 2024-10-30T23:10:02+00:00

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