Short film

WHAT HIDES WHITIN THE SHADOWS
2025 · 20 min
A slow, brooding descent into guilt and dread, where the forest itself seems to breathe menace and every shadow feels like an accusation.
- Directed by
- Jerónimo Murguía Guerra
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Western
- Tagline
- The true monsters live within us.
- Overview
- During the Mexican Revolution, Reynaldo, a lonely antisocial man who lives isolated in the countryside, is tormented by a sinister creature that comes from the darkest depths of the forest. Pursued by his own past, Reynaldo, accompanied by Ramón, a young boy who is in his care, will confront the beast before it finishes them off. However, a dark and cold secret hides in the origin of the creature, because not everything is what it seems.
- How it feels
- Dark, eerie, tense and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Isolation, guilt, survival, trauma
- Content
- Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Jerónimo Murguía Guerra
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Western
