The Cabin (Short 2013)

The Cabin: Directed by Tommy Faircloth. With Jason Vail, Morgan Monnig, Shelby Washburn. A single woman, Laura, meets a nice guy, John, on an online dating site. After a few dates he invites her to his vacation cabin in the mountains. Laura ignores the warnings from her friend, Ashley, about it being too soon to go away with a guy she just met. Once at the secluded cabin, Laura begins to notice strange behavior changes in John. She also begins to be drawn to the crawlspace under the cabin. Is this all in her head, or is there a deeper, darker secret to be uncovered?

“In 2013, a film short hit the film festivals by storm winning various awards. That film was The Cabin, written and directed by Tommy Faircloth (Director of Generation Ax and Crinoline Head).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Cabin stars Jason Vail (Dollface, Valley of the Sasquatch) as John, a somewhat awkward but seemingly nice guy that native Laura (played by Morgan Monnig (Dollface, Family Possessions) meets on a dating site. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film starts out introducing us to Laura as she is packing her luggage for a weekend outing with her u0026quot;online friendu0026quot; John, much to her friend Sarahu0026#39;s uncertainty (voiced by Shelby Washburn). Sarah is reassured by her friend that heu0026#39;s a u0026quot;nice guyu0026quot; as she leaves for her weekend getaway.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film picks up as you see the chemistry that both Jason and Morgan have on screen. You also see Jasonu0026#39;s range of acting as he bring a certain realism to the viewers that there is something off about John. Morgan does a great job of bringing her clichéd horror female to life on screen, even the actual cabin is a character in the film with its own backstory which alone is impressive as it has a certain comfortable uneasiness to it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt doesnu0026#39;t take long before Laura begin to question her decision on going up to the cabin…one that ultimately will change her life.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe dialogue, the eerie subtleness, the cinematography brought to life by the writer/director is quite amazing u0026amp; beautiful to watch, especially considering that this film was made in 2 days.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you get a chance to see this film, itu0026#39;s one that will stay with you for a while.”