10 Horror Short Films Hollywood Should Adapt To Full Length
3. I Heard It Too
A genuinely terrifying short by Matt Sears, involving an innocent child and her protective mother, this stressful British horror hearkens back to the psychological terror of The Babadook, with a monster that will make you torn between grabbing the child and running—or just plain running.
In the short, a mother puts her child to bed with a bedtime story, the little girl able to catch a little sleep before she suddenly hears her mother call out to her from downstairs, getting increasingly angry when the little girl doesn't come down immediately.
Suddenly, the mother grabs her daughter from right next door, and locks them in her bedroom, saying "I heard it too" and bidding her daughter to keep silent as she confronts whatever it is that's downstairs, with nobody else in the house but them and unable to call for help.
Effective and chilling, with the cramped space of a typical British home in the city, this film—itself based on a two-sentence horror story—boasts the incredibly terrifying visuals and heart-stopping terror of films like Mama, and deserves the same long-form treatment.