Midnight Massacre | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee October 21, 2023

Midnight Massacre

By Kashyapeya Aich with 6.8

thriller · Short Films · bengali

A serial killer is on a violent rampage in the city of Rampurat in West Bengal when the film opens. The headlines tout him as the Stoneman Killer, while the audience is taken deeper into this world.

Alongside this is the story of a woman who has arrived at the train station a little over an hour ahead of midnight. Her brother who was supposed to pick her up lost track of time and got delayed, ensuring that she is stranded at the platform in the darkness and isolation in a city that is ridden with a night curfew as a result of the horrors afflicted on it by a brutal killer.

The film does a notable job of constructing its realm which, in turn, ensures that the audience remains engaged throughout. The end result becomes the first part of a longer story, one that leaves the viewer curious about not only the fate of the characters involved but also about the identity and motivations of the killer.

Though the film keeps itself confined to the story of only a few hours during a single night, it manages to employ the screenplay and narratorial progression to its full capacity, keeping the audience’s attention from wandering off. The subsequent parts of the story should definitely be explored and shared with the viewers.
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