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It’s true, October is pretty much the scariest month of the year, and absolutely prime time for horror flicks.  For the industry,  Halloween is to horror movies what Thanksgiving is to turkey.  So it’s not a surprise that a horror flick might well be set in October, as is the case with the YouTube short, An October Night.

A young man left home alone decides to set up a clandestine party with his friends, but he quickly learns that leaving your door unlocked can be downright lethal.

It’s short, it’s sweet, it’s punchy, it’s actually pretty scary in some parts–sure, it’s a little bit derivative, but for three guys screwing around at someone’s house they’ve actually managed to ramp up the tension here.  They’ve done a fair job as far as that goes, so I’m out to give credit where credit is due.

There is a down side here, however–the ending.  It’s really very poorly put together and suggest more of the film stopping than an actual ending.  I almost wonder if some footage wasn’t cut due to file size concerns.

But still, being as this is about ninety percent of a good movie, the Screenhead Ten Scale hands it an eight out of ten for a surprisingly solid and incredibly low budget title.

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