Horror Shorts: Zygote (2017)

I've been meaning to get to some stuff all year.  This is one of them.

Oats Studios put out some Shorts in 2017 as a sort of Resume.  It didn't get them an Alien Film- sadly- but let's at least enjoy the actual product.

Our Story begins In Media Res with two people escaping from something in a Scientific Facility.  One of them has blinded themselves for reasons I won't SPOIL.

Can they escape this lab and the mysterious creature on their tails?

What is this thing?!?  Is there anyone way to defeat it or is running the only option?

To find out, watch the Short.

An innocuous name for a good Short Film.  With a name like Zygote, it could be about so many things.  It could be people working in a Bio-Lab with a disease.  It could be some sort of alien creature infecting people.  It could about some sort of weird disease mutating from an alien spore.  It's kind of a bit of all of that, kind of.  As a Short Film, you don't get full context for everything that happens.  This is just the big, interesting part of the Story- no bit set-up or character setup.  If you go into this expecting more, well, I don't know what to tell you.  What you get is really well-done though.  The Acting- especially from Dakota Fanning- is top notch and you want to see them survive.  I didn't SPOIL the creature reveal here too much, but it's great.  I really, REALLY want to...but I won't.  Is this a bit like The Thing?  Sure.  It's one of the most well-regarded and copied Films in recent memory though, so what's the big deal?  Would I pay to see a full version of this?  Yes.  Would that have been better than Alien: Covenant?  Yes.  Here's hoping this becomes something bigger...

A good Short that teases a bigger, even more interesting Film.  Yes, it's not wholly original, but it's good.