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The whirring of a windmill, the rumbling of a car engine, soft tones of a classical song, the sounds of feet crushing grass, the hissing of beer cans… ambient sounds about in the first few seconds of short horror film ‘In Sound, We Live Forever’. It’s almost like you could close your eyes, and still not miss a thing, because the sounds, conversations, carry the tale, at least in the first few minutes.
Directed and written by Joshua Giuliano, the short film stars Drew Marquardt as Charlie and Lucille Sharp as his girlfriend Meredith, a couple on a date in an isolated field. What was supposed to be the scene for an idyllic romantic day, turns into a violent crime scene due to unexpected turn of events.
Joshua Giuliano takes a unique cinematic approach to this 12-minute horror film by focusing on ambient sounds and surroundings, while the human characters can only be heard conversing with each other. It isn’t until much later that we finally see them, and not in the state you’d expect.
While the first few minutes may feel slow, the second half is tense, terrifying, and likely to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. The storytelling, especially the cleverly layered background sounds, makes ‘In Sound, We Live Forever’ unfold like a true-crime podcast episode, describing a senseless crime in detail without relying on gratuitous, gory visuals.
There’s more horror in the unknown, with the grisly details left to the viewer’s imagination. If that sounds like your kind of thrill, definitely check this horror flick out.
You can watch the film on YouTube, it’s also embedded below.