Short film

The Tell-Tale Heart
2010 · 22 min
A slow, uneasy chamber piece that tightens around one man's fixation until the walls seem to close in.
- Directed by
- Claudio Ceino
- Genres
- Horror
- Overview
- Rómulo lives every day caring for an old man he loves deeply. This affection clashes with the revulsion he feels as he becomes obsessed with his grandfather’s sick eye, planning to kill him after watching him sleep for several nights. Rómulo anxiously recounts each step of his macabre plan, until an unexpected visitor threatens to expose the crime he has just committed.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Obsession, guilt, madness, death
- Content
- Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Claudio Ceino
- Genres
- Horror




