AWARD WINNING Short Horror Film - The Manor 

This award winning short was a proof of concept for a full length feature film, which we have now shot and it was wrapped in Feb 2022. Here is the full trailer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WjXbalHlMrs.html (due for release November 2022)

When that bearded guy looked at the fire exit and said "Nope" I burst out laughing. 😆🤣

If you want this horror made into a full feature, visit: igg.me/at/manor

9 minutes and nothing happens…

I thought the time was in a loop and there would just be more and more of them appearing until the house was crowded.

Omy this was so awesome. Also so many ways to have made it a full length film. Thank you for sharing your talent

I loved the idea of her talking about someone in the window and it tuned out to be herself looking down, then it seemed they were trapped in a waking nightmare.👍

Interesting use of holding shots, with a continuous soundtrack that might help keep the scene transitions fluid as the camera work. Good job ramping things up to the climax, the color grading got better as the short progressed.

This place is cursed, peck. It's falling apart. Open your eyes! - Madmartigan, Willow (1988)

I've been tripping on thornapple (datura) once. It was very much like this: suddenly lights on or off. Doors on different places.

Amazing work, I really enjoyed watching this! Very tense and fun to watch

Awesome work... Literally enjoyed it to the fullest.....

@BlakeRidder each film you make is better than the one before! You’re q genious

Great Atmosphere my friend. Indeed we support you. Cheers!

I was just watching a bunch of different short films for exploratory purposes, now I am def going to watch this movie when it's done. This also inspires me to create a proof-of-concept short for my current project rather than continuing to bemoan the impossibility of fitting the script into a shorter one. The point is, after all, for the short to lead to a longer version and so should be unsatisfying plot-wise. A teaser short. Excited to watch the film!

Make this a complete movie, wonderful!

Excellent-- very creepy and moody. No cheap jump scares. Thanks.

Very cool short. Loved the vibes, seemed like a high budget movie. Well done !

Wow, I really hope I get to see the full feature, this looks great, the location is amazing, the filming was very well done, and the plot very intriguing

This seems like it would make an awesome full feature movie! Specially with a paranormal theme.

They need to make this a full length movie. This was good

Enjoyed the video

Very, very good! Great movie! Why can’t this be turned into a movie for the “big screen”? I would pay to see this one. I’m going to watch it again.

See, this is why you stick together when entering the creepy Manor 😂 Great short! 👏🏼

This was awesome! What camera did you use?

A great movie and interesting movie,love💕🙏👏😉🙏👏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

Oh that was good. Saw Lucas mentioning it on IG and had to come here to find it. Oh damn that was on the edge of your seat good. Jump scared properly.

I could handle being trapped there. Beautiful place😍. Plus I'd get to meet myself and slap myself silly for all the dumb shit I've done in my life. I'd be there a while though..HA!!😆🤨😒

Whoaaa that was just awesome! I wish it was a full length movie 😑 It was way better than most of the horror full length movies 🤟

I want more!

I like this genre of being caught up in cycle

Very Triangle feel to it. Would be cool to see a longer version.

The shots are amazing ❤ and every details on it 💯

Can you please explain what happened at the end??

Drawers you in and keeps you intrigued and for me that’s the start of a good horror🤟

Can not wait to see the full length film!! So many questions. Does the manor act as some sort of time warp? Does it create murderous doppelgangers of all who enter? Will there even be an explanation? Seriously well done!!

LOVE IT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MOVIE??

Great film as ever Blake some scary moments

Marvelous work! 😎👍🏼

it's great it's a great movie, but in my opinion. add a little panic otherwise it's okay, that's just my opinion but it's a very well done movie so you all reacted well you are very good and i like you guys a lot don't let go you are capable i am waiting for the final ❤️❤️❤️

Why does this remind me of House on Haunted Hill? Not that they were invited by a billionaire 😆 but the extreme eerie scenes full of mystery & suspense. The spiritual doom factor aswell 😆 being victims of the house/manor/mansion

Use of sound made it.

This was great... Scary... It should be a long movie and in nefix.... The music very good also

There is no sound 😶

It was ok!!!

the only horror here is people who think this is horror movie !!!!

That was decent descent into maddness my favorite creepy music.

High quality. I think it would need a hook though, something to make it stand out, something original to add to the concept. As it stands it's utterly generic, yet another haunted house with time distortions and people get picked up one by one by some evil entity and that's that. It wouldn't really grab my attention. The meta thing (a horror movie shooting inside a horror movie) was a nice touch though (not enough though in my personal opinion to make things truly original enough, especially as in this proof of concept it was under-utilized). Also, more than one strong female character would be nice for a change.

WHAT DID SHE SEE??????

TikTok video!!!! 😃😃😃😃😃😃

I wasn't scared at all felt like I wasted my time. But this comment not a waste of time lol

Ok that was really scarey!!

Ahhh.. I'll wait in the car

It's the third short film in a row, that really sucks. 😑

Why do they always split up in these horror films smh

Really That car pulling up is blasting that?? Careful, your fragile speakers may not be able to handle it... 🤣🤣🤣 This already qualifies as a dark comedy. Horror is a stretch. There is no Lisa, only Zuul.......

Hard work

Почему без субтитров(((

worst short film ever award was given to this film

I want my 13:45 minutes of my life back. That was ass.

No one is explaining their point of view so I have some questions 😁 They got trapped in different times and house became their prisoner. But why does clon kill the other one? It is not logic. When they enter to the house they got duplicate immediatelly by "power of house". And they got lost. And when they meet another her/himself they want to kill it? House is full of capturated souls? I have to tell you, I don't like horrir mi ues at all, I got scarred too quickly but I like to watch Blake Ridder short movies, even creepy ones. That one I watched almost on mute 😮‍💨💆🏻‍♀️😇 Good job. And no, I don't want to see the full lenght - just wanna know some explanations. 🙈

Not complete. Even if it’s an idea for a full feature, it needs to be able to stand alone as a complete piece of work. It doesn’t

Please take this as constructive criticism. I am a fellow filmmaker and I'm just trying my best to help others grow cause I'd like to think I pay attention to detail. One thing that I've always lacked while watching your films is the lack of immersiveness. Sometimes because of the storytelling (shots, camera movements, sound design, SFX, editing...etc), but mostly because of the acting. I thought the cinematography and story concept was great, but the film lacked proper directing and good actors. I think the recurring error in your films is not having good enough actors, which is understandable because you might not have access to them and might have to resort to friends and close acquaintances. If this isn't the case, then you have to get a better feel, and be more sensible, of good and bad performances. BAD ACTING RUINS THE ENTIRE FILM. Acting is just as important as every other aspect of production, maybe even more. Actors are what immerses the audience to the story. If that falls flat, the whole film falls flat. No matter how good the story or cinematography. In terms of specifics, Kim was the only one that I'd say has potential. The only criticism with her is that I'd say she could be better directed in some scenes, but other than that, she was great. Everyone else felt lacklustre. Rui Shang I'd say is the worst. Not just in this film, but in every other of your films. I can't be the only one that's noticed. Weirdly enough, seeing the trailer for the feature version of this film, I think the short film was probably better produced. Maybe because it was more contained. Sometimes, creating a big film can lack believability because there are so many more things you need to do. And with a small team, it's impossible to pull it off. At least not to Hollywood's standards. Again, please don't take this the wrong way, but I think to improve your films, you have to be a bit more selective of your actors and know how to properly direct them to get the best out of them. You could either take this as a valid criticism moving forward, or this can just be another comment to ignore haha. Either way, I want you to improve as a filmmaker. So good luck on your journey. It's very apparent that you put a lot of hard work into your films.

i understood why the premise was slightly unsettling, but it wasn'y actually scary at any moment. I also though much of the acting elt anticipated, like watching the actors doing an early rehearsal

You prove that great filmmaking is hard work and your ethic is evident, I have watched 8 of your proof of concepts so far and I am not surprised that this one has garnered some attention. You write well, you direct well, your troupe performs well, and you assimilate into your stories' the key ingredients of the diverse genres with aplomb. After having checked your IMDB page I may very well stay up all night and watch more. Next up, The English Teacher and Santa for Hire, I think I need Help...

Just for the record, all these comments are made by people who worked on the movie, nothing wrong with that, it just shows a one sided view (i.e. exaltation) of this pile of tripe

Wth happened 😳😳😳i?...is Andy okay?...I saw a twin version of the characters?....what in the hell is happening?....love the creativity, the acting, and all of it. Make it more scary....the tension is not yet enough. Build up the tension.....just enough (not too much and not littlel...I love it so far. The film got major potential ❤️❤️❤️💞

I'm kind of lost how come the house kept changing and they couldn't get out and then there was double of everybody what was the purpose of that

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虽然是短片，但是整体看来，铺垫得氛围太长了！显得不恐怖了😢

2:12 Imagine owning that beautiful home....even more beautiful land. But a house with a clock on it?? Can I have one? :D Now, back to the film.....

Just from the opening shots I thought this had a multi-million dollar budget! Wow! I haven't felt this excited about a horror movie in a long time.

It reminds me of this other horror movie called Triangle...👌👌

Is there a short horror film called outbreak? I know someone already made it But I wonder if you can made a outbreak short horror film? It could be something about zombies or it can be something about aliens or probably ghosts?

I like it. You could run with the Love/Hate relationships between characters to see who lives and who dies. Still needs the creepy caretaker! Thanks and break a leg.

pls can you show us a tutorial on how you grade this film and the bts plssssss

@Ruishang 哥哥，你真的很酷，我想知道你是否也梦想过tik-tok，因为你想在电影中做tik-tok跳舞，这真的很有趣，但是我爱你 ❤️❤️❤️

kay seriously it wasn't even a horror film why call it a horror film if nothing happens? honestly it was boring but i loved the gay guy Andy and the short girl Lisa they were my favorite

A little more scary this movie but very good this movie, phenomenal🙈🙃🙈🙈🙈🙈💕🙏👏😉💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

The big mansion is renewing continually himself , the rooms enough big and scary is . Musnt go innoway there . But the movie is made good

I don't know what gave it away, but I knew it was a type of time loop shortly after the film started...I would love to see more though! Maybe the reason as to why there is a time loop in this specific manor? An origin story? The loop also seems to turn you evil or turn you into another person altogether. Or maybe, the "doppelgangers" have seen so many of their own selves go in and out of this manor that they evidently turn evil? Giving up on life and escaping altogether?

I literally felt asleep while watching this video 😴😴😴😪😪😪😪😪👻

Too predictable ,separating them all one by one ,anyone who has a brain knows how that’ll end

Lmfao I love how he hears a creepy giggle, is like "nope" but just turns his back to it and leaves himself completely open to attack. Makes no sense. 😂 Great film tho

Just one adjective : INTRIGUING I really love Horror movies and this short one made me want to see the continue. There are many horror that doesn't have the SUSPENSE feeling but here since the protagonists entered the house it never went away. really intresting, I will keep waiting, we need more new horror where Andy can go and make a new Tiktok video 😂😂😂

The girl in the suit looks like a cross between Alexa Chung and saoirse ronan

I hope there's a sequel, this is intense!

I love this! The idea of being trapped in a forever changing haunted house is nuts. Full length film!

🏃🏃straight from tiktok. .this is great ya'all...

The sound effects are the one which is really scary first half was not that scary but then it's just gets creepier btw great job

Successfully wasted my 13 mins of time in my life Thank you

That was something brilliant and quite intriguing, much respect and love from India

I can’t get enough of your videos. Well done !!

This is great! Looks amazing too. Well done!

Award winning yarn?

On first glance she look like Megan fox a little bit ☺️

The most difficult part is reuse of the same actors.

Didnt make sense

Shit got hella hectic real fast

This was so baf