The PAntry

A woman is tormented by strange occurrences in her home.

 

A spooky short horror film from Germany that involves a person alone in a place where sinister and unexplained things are happening, possibly the doing of supernatural forces. In this story, the person is Emily (Jung), a young woman who is alone inside her apartment and doing some cooking while listening to the radio. Her simple activities are interrupted by peculiar sounds (sort of knocking sounds) that seem to be coming from the pantry. Things rapidly get more and more tense and Emily begins to fear for her life.

 

There are many elements here that are often seen in haunted-house films such as Paranormal Activity. These include knockings and sinister voices that do not appear to have a source, objects moving by themselves and the lights going out. All this put together makes this short quite a chilling experience, making the viewer dreading the discovery of the cause of these events.

 

Since Emily is the only character in the film, the story relies heavily on Jung's performance in order to be effective and she nails it. Emily is distraught by what is happening around her, she grabs a knife and investigates, trying to find out what is going on and it is indicated that a creepy mask might be involved.

 

People might have noticed that interestingly, the title has the letters P and A capitalised and this could be a reference to Paranormal Activity.

 

The film relies a great deal on sound effects in order to create a frightening atmosphere and commendations go to Elias Hamman, Rab Ni Dnim and Sebastian Oswald. Oswald also worked on the ominous score and the song Charming B*tch that is heard in the film.

 

This short is a haunted house horror film. A film about a woman being tormented by other-worldly forces. It might not have any original ideas, however, it offers five spine-tingling minutes and those who watch it will probably never look at their pantry the same way again.