PRAY -- Lovecraftian sci-fi Horror short film 

Hey everyone, thanks for all the comments and feedback, both the positive and the critical! I should have prefaced that this film was made as part of a 60 day film challenge. I had only two months and $200 to write, cast, shoot, edit and deliver it; at 7 minutes or less, with a crew of 1 (me). I could have gone back and fixed anything I wanted for a "director's cut" but I try to be forward-thinking and so I use this as a learning experience -- I played around with effects and techniques I've never attempted before. I know my VFX aren't at the 'Scorpion King' level yet, but I can't wait to show you what I've got coming. Thanks for watching :)

I like the driver saying he Waits, because he would want someone to wait for him; what a great little detail it really adds to his character.

You really tap into the essence of HPL's cosmic horror, very well done.

Nicely done. The horror is compounded by the implication that the entity itself is just the servant or facilitator of something far, far worse.

The cgi was pretty bad, but everything else was fantastic and the concept was horrifying. Truly Lovecraftian.

Wow oh wow. A+ on nailing the lovecraftian sanity obliterating terror. Goddamn, what a awful fate! Great job!

CGi not great .... but acting was decent , the Fx at the end were decent enough and the overall concept and reveal at the end was truly terrifying ... love it

understandably for the cgi to not be that good but the concept on itself is hella good

I can't with that green screen car driving.looks like 240p scrolling past.

There's a lot of criticism offered here, but that actress really nails the critical moment. It does give the correct Lovecraft/Ito "what the fuck did I iust see?" vibe.

Nice work guys! Really enjoyed the scene when she was standing in the darkness with that monster, great and unique stuff 👍👍

DAMN! That ending was absolutely horrific! Good job!

I love this story. What waits at the end of the journey is truly horrifying. What I don't like is the unconvincing CGI nature of the other victims. Clues to the interpretation of the cosmic horror are given by the caption at 7:18, which says "me too" 😉

Wow.. this is fantastic. So well done on every level. Really gives the eerie vibe. 👌

Pretty good! I’m impressed with what you were able to do with the limitations imposed.

This is an amazing horror movie! Talk about hitting a home run - this really stayed with me after watching it. It was the flies buzzing around the man's head. Just the thought of standing until your body rots. Immobile. The worst part - you are trapped in your own hell. Whew.

Andrew, very good job. Miss shail did a fantastic job of acting, she literally made it happen for you!

Despite wacky VFX i like the concept.

Was a pleasure working with you!

Some unintentionally comedy vibes... The Driver laying it on way to thick. The passing scenery in the car sometimes has the car going sideways. The cgi people and monster definitely has this in the same universe as Birdemic. Maybe revisited this could be a cool story.

Great story! Interesting how the woman scoffed at the driver’s warning at her own peril.

Congratulations to Andrew and his team. You have succeeded in creating a wonderfully creepy, enjoyably Lovecraftian piece of film work.

This was awesome...another new and interesting story that needs to me made into a full-length movie.

Exceptionally pretty and talented actress. Great work, Pragya!😘

This was genuinely unsettling. Loved it!

Wow! That actually scared me, and it is REALLY hard to scare me! Well done!! Loved it!

Omg amazing please make more that was a trip great work

A truly heartwarming motion picture for the whole family! Who would keep going after the first or second fly ridden body? Stupid people deserve stupid prizes!😂😂😂🎉

Not bad. The protagonist has to be the dumbest person ever to keep walking past the first person. Also, how would the driver have heard stories if no one ever comes back to say what they saw?

Excellent Concept loved it❤

Yes. Definitely a Lovecraftian feel to it. The South Asian girl was cute.

Outstanding.

Some very serious ary stuff great great work.

This was really scary. I cant stop thinking about it.😮

Hey. This was really good. Thanks

nice work

Im not gonna lie, at first i thought it was cheesy. The effects were kinda bad. Even up to the point when begins to walk in tge forest but, omg, WOW.. THATS WHEN IT WENT CHEESY TO WHAT THE FUCK!!! this would be a great horror movie .. great job, hats off to everyone involved in this exciting short horror 👏

Very good effort!

Nice

A wow nightmare!

The idea of this was really nice, but it would have been great to have had a little more pronounced (i.e., any) reaction to seeing those disturbing frozen folks in the forest.

If no one comes back, how'd he hear the stories?

Respira la atmósfera de horror de los cuentos de Lovecraft. Gracias

Topflight! If only she had stopped and turned around at the first feeling of its power. Personally I woulda turned and ran long before that.

That car ride at first, out the driver window

nice.

Practical effects would have served you well in this film

Strong inspiration by Tanis?

Oof that guy driving at the start is hamming it up a bit.

That was awesome! When I typed "cosmic horror story" in the yt search bar, this is what I hoped to find.

How does the runner know all of this stuff if no one comes back?

I love people who don't listen

So... you basically get turned into bad CGI by this entity? That is one creative horrible death.

EEEWWW! There is more than one dead zomperson there?Whaaaaat??😲I'd just turn around and walk/run away after seeing the second standing Figure there.

Seriously one of the absolute BEST horror short films I've seen. It's not easy to find such a one so entertaining and scary as this one! 😲😁

An interesting concept, 2 good actors, good text, but a lot of the criticism could be avoided by using real people in the forest scene and instead, focusing on the design of that "mountain". But the final cosmic part was decent enough.

Intergalactic flytrap? 😮

Quite disturbing. I almost wish I hadn't watched it! Yikes.

Prey

Poor woman and other people .Mostly her.There's now smal, time window where anyone can just nope that,turn and just leave?

The CGI Guy was cheesy AF 😂. I think if they used a REAL Person with some extra makeup, (like at the End) it would have been WAY BETTER. Plus, the "Seeker's" "Floating" at the end was lacking in believability. It really hit me like a Student film. A REALLY GOOD Student Film.. but a Student Film nonetheless. Still Spooky tho 👍..

Very well done, [Spoiler alert] only the last figure is a bit goofy, all the rest is super great (the introduction, the corpses, the figure in the cliff etc). Which Great Old One or Exterior God is that, do you reckon ?

banished to a dark oblivion...ouch!!...guess you shoulda stayed in the car.

What is that God? I want to know more about that entity...

Gimme that OLD TIME RELIGION.....

1984 ... David Bowie song

Why isn't the driver moving the steering wheel on the car???? Bad mistake. Could CRASH !!!!

Nyarlathotep?

I pray that one day, I can meet a woman as beautiful as Pragya Shail

it's Truename is Dave.... everyone knows a Dave

Jana Vaculíková

Outstanding 😎👍👍

“I’m coming back “ No you’re not. You’re the protagonist of a lovecraftian horror short. Your chance of surviving this was practically shit.

Devil hrom

Cool concept ruined by the horrendous special effects. In the future, when you have more budget and special effects experience, a remake of this would definitely be awesome.

The dialogue is extremely clunky, I'm sorry. CGI humans were a mistake, even the cheapest practical effect would have been better. Extremely Lovecraftian concept, would like to see the director take another crack at it.

those cgi bodies in the forest killed me inside. such a good plot. Ruined. lovecraft rolling in his grave seeing that cgi

Oh come on... The cheesy effects ruin it. Could've easily had extras do it with makeup and the rest would be fine!

cgi can really ruin a shitty film

This was some poorly implemented attempt on CGI. Considering today's software and even stock this is not by far impressive. Whiners: at least I'm honest.

I didnt like any of it. Acting was just ok, the cgi was terrible, the acting was just ok. I didnt feel anything other than annoyed and bored. Sorry.

Well it was no teddy bears picnic for definite 😱

Nice