Candor

Director - Timothy Troy (Ding Dong, Hold My Horse)

Starring - Paige Bourne (Attack of the Corn Zombies, It Came from Somewhere) and Jon Stevenson 

Release Date - 2023

Genre - Horror

Tagline - Let's have a heart to heart..."

Format - Streaming (Online Screener)

Rating (out of 5):

     We are just a few days shy of October as I write this and that means my yearly month long horror binge is about to begin.  I made a post about it on my social medias and several filmmakers reached out for me to review their films.  One of those films just happens to be a horror short from director Timothy Troy titles Candor.  I was going to wait until October to check this one out but at being less than two minutes long, I decided to go ahead and check it out now.  I want to take a moment to thank Timothy for sending this one over.

     The film follows a young woman who seems to be walking around a hotel room talking to her assumed date.  She explains that she just met him and knew the date would lead to this moment but she was happy that it did.  That is until we see the man is bound to the bed with his heart ripped out of his chest and placed in a jar.

     I knew absolutely nothing about Candor prior to watching it but I did really enjoy it.  It was a solid short but it did raise more questions than it had answers.  The film has an extremely small cast.  It consists of two people, Bourne who does a great job as the murderous vixen on a date, and Stevenson who just lays there.  While the acting is uneven, Bourne was amazing and did a fantastic job.  The story for this one is enjoyable as a two minute short but I was left with so many questions.  Who was the murdered man?  Why did she take his heart?  Did they hook up at least before she murdered him?  I have way too many questions that the film doesn't answer.  Finally, the film has a little bit of blood and an end scene that looks gnarly but isn't perfect.  The film ends with a man laying in a bed with a hole in his chest.  The prosthetics they use looks good but it's a bit dry.  If someone had their heart taken the area would be extremely bloody and glistening.  It just doesn't look right in my opinion.  Overall, Candor is a pretty solid short but I would have loved a little bit more to this one.  It is fun as it is but I still have so many questions.