Stalker

Director - David Cholewa (Dead Shadows)

Starring - Sandra Hohenadel (Nos Tempetes Bipolaires, La Meilleure Moi)

Release Date - 2024

Genre - Horror

Tagline - "Evil has many faces"

Format - Streaming (Online Screener)

Rating (out of 5):

     I go through phases where I get to review several short horror films back to back before going months without seeing another one.  It has been sometime since my last review of a horror short so I was due for a little double feature.  A few weeks back I was asked to review the short Stalker from director David Cholewa and starring Sandra Hohenadel.  It looked very interesting and the artwork pulled me in so I agreed to check it out.  I'm glad I did!

     The film follows a young woman who finds herself walking through what looks like a parking garage late at night.  However, she soon finds herself being followed by something sinister and it's not just a man with ill intentions.  

     Stalker is not the film I thought it was going to be and I think that is what made it so much fun.  The title is a little deceiving but the artwork itself does point you in the right direction.  The acting in this one is good but the film is essentially a one woman show.  The film's lead, Sandra Hohenadel, goes through the entire short without any dialogue but is still able to bring out several emotions through her mannerisms and facial expressions.  The story for this one is super short and simple.  It makes you think she is dealing with a sleazy stalker with ill intent but you find out near the end that it is something much more.  I uses it's short run time wisely and doesn't drag the story out longer than it has to be.  This works out but if it was much longer then it would have overstayed it's welcome and took away to impact of the ending.  Finally, the film is not a gory one.  We do have an interesting creature and some visual effects.  While they are not the best I've seen, they are far from the worst.  Overall, Stalker may not be among the best horror shorts I've seen, it was still very enjoyable.  I know a lot of genre fans will appreciate this one so check it out!