The Neighbor - AWARD WINNING Drama/Thriller Short Film 

An anonymous neighbor left a packet of spousal abuse information on my doorstep 25 years ago. It helped me to see that I was in an abusive relationship .I never knew exactly which neighbor it was so I was never able to thank them . But I did manage to get away from my abuser and get into therapy because someone noticed and cared enough to put the information I needed together for me. When I see stories like this I am so grateful for whoever that was and so wish they knew how they changed my life.

Always listen to that little voice inside you that tells you that something is wrong. 9 times out of 10 its spot on. 😢😞

When I was 9yrs old my mom helped a neighbor escape from domestic violence, a big risk for my mom if the woman’s husband were to find out but that was how my mom was. She didn’t think through the risks when it came to helping someone.

When I was a little girl we rented a house next to a domestic abuse situation. You could hear it at night. My parents never did anything because we were poor and we couldn’t just leave. The man was really scary too. One day thank God she got her kids and left and never came back. Glad she made it out alive.

The porch full of dead flowers. That was very telling. We did'nt know that a relative was being abused by her partner until her neighbour called the police to check on her. It basically saved her life.

Your film had me on the edge of my seat guessing the outcome for this young man. What a marvelous film with a strong message for all of us who don't want to get involved. Nicely done. Actually, this has left me breathless.

This was excellent. It had me hooked from the start. The dead flowers on the porch was foreshadowing. 🥀🥀 If you see something, say something!!

Well done. No one should have to put up with spousal abuse.

That little voice is rarely wrong. We just don’t listen to it enough.

Just want to share that if you suspect someone might be in danger, you can ask the police if they can do a "well check" where they come to the house and check if things are alright or not. ❤ Love this film, we really should go with our gut instinct, if everything ends up not being something, it still shows you're a caring neighbor, and if there is something going on, asking the police to just check on your neighbor, it's something commonly done in every city, as far as I know. ❤

💔That little voice within should never be disregarded.....

This film has excellent tone, Mr. Northrup. The camework, the soundtrack, the setting: it's all there. The pacing is just right and I love the sense of anticipation you create throughout the film. One minor criticism is that I kind of sensed that the main actor was acting, so that occasionally took me out of the world you were creating for us. Otherwise, kudos!

This was a great short film with a moral behind the story.

Call the police to investigate. Would leave the third party with a clear conscience.

Really profound film. All my love and support to the cast and crew! - Mari

Powerful film with an important message.

I hope women round the world gets more courage to walk out of abusive relationships n fight

Ooohh wow!

A simple 911 call. A call. Gutsy to ring teh doorbell. but clearly missed the desperation and signs. A simple 911 call.

Graham: Great short. Loved the mobile dialogue that distances us from reality. I wonder how many times I have missed saving a neighbor. Eli: We have never met but I feel I know you through knowing your mom for over 30 years. She is a dear friend and I must say you have one delightfully complicated mother. You are a natural and I see your parents Brian and Tish (AKA Morwena) in both of you. Good luck and best wishes, you are a natural! Cheers, Brian (another Brian)

No good deed goes unpunished.

What a totally amazing actor he is!

I knew everything I needed to know about that guy when I saw the man bun.

Excellent movie. Thank you and Bravo!

I really liked this short film. Great acting by Eli Pettet

Interesting. My first reaction was that I didn't like it because of the downer ending. I wanted a particular thing to happen and it didn't. And i didn't think there was much of a compelling story. But...as I thought about it, the subtlety inherent in this picture is compelling. Did our protagonist make the right decicion? Was there indeed another choice he could have made? And finally, would making another choice make any difference at all? Well done!

Like a good neighbor . . .

This had me hooked. We've all known or at least have heard about sad situations like this. I just subbed you.

Excellent. We go on with things of life, but the war never stopped. We cannot go on as normal. Someone might not be in physical danger, but someone can be dying inside, from an emotional and mental attack. That is the one way, that any signs can't be traced to the murderer. So sad.

What she was doing with her hand on the door frame is something cops are trained to notice... She was too scared to speak up but her hand told that something was wrong 😔...

Wow. Thank you for making this.

Excellent!!!

LOVED IT...

Excellent film! I loved it!!

That's looks good now and resolved quickly

Oh, spr, survival thriller ❤️. പൂച്ച, മീൻ, ആ പുഴു വരെ natural ആയ്ട്ട് അഭിനയിച്ചു. Observation അടിപൊളി ❤️

Well done and what a powerful message.

Damn good..what would happened if he would of just knocked on the door?.

He went to check and the woman covered for the guy. Woman had an opportunity to run but she didn't. Sometimes we also need to take action. Not waiting on neighbors

GREAT SHORT FILM, KEEP SHINING DEAR💞💞

FAVORITE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Very well done!!

Camera angles brilliant' Story line universal. Contrast lighting, excellent. Had me on the edge. Score A

I appreciate you and every member of your team for a grievous act of a society. Girl puts her full effort to make her home paradise and tolerate every evil act of her boyfriend but in vain. We should love to him , who deserves or need it .

Wasteful time on a phone, and "man-bun" . That said, Subscribed. Yes, I was and am critical..yet have a good feeling your future productions WILL be great.

Crazy, hits home. I experienced a similar situation and it broke my heart

New Subscriber here and a Big Like for this terrific film. Bravo!!

This was fantastic. Amazing job

Good lord, how long has the dude been walking?? And the rain grew a chia pet on his head. Nice!

A GREAT FILM

God gives all of us a six sences listen and see tomorrow

Very fucking sad. That POOR LADY!!! THAT POOR GUY! HE WILL NEVER FORGIVE HIMSELF FOR NOT CALLING THE COPS. maybe she wud still be there

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 bravo

Very good film...

Call 911. We are so fortunate to have that service here in the US, and other countries have something similar. I have called 911 a few times over the years to report accidents, a drunk driver, and once to report a neighbor who was screaming "I'm gonna kill you!" (He had been seen carrying a gun, so we know it was possible he might follow through.) In all of those cases there was an appropriate and rapid response.

I once called the police to do a wellness check on my upstairs neighbor when I heard some pounding noise for some time. I overheard the police when they came. They were very polite and just asked if she was okay. It's something you can do if you're concerned about someone but don't really know what's up.

This is a really sad story. This has been going on for years and happens more often than we think . 😢

600th Subscriber 👈 right here! Great film. I like what I see.

That was pretty good 👍 ❤

When she said her boyfriend is an actor and they were role playing - he should have clued in right away that it was an excuse. You got to thing fast on your feet and assume the worst. Perhaps his youth/lack of experience may have been a factor or perhaps just his friendly disposition.

Hii its amazing shortfilm

I wish someone WOULD have gotten involved for me. Even when I disclosed to neighbours, no one believed me because he had already convinced them what a fabulous guy he was and that I was not to be believed because I was 'unstable' I know this because that is how he distanced me from other people, by telling me to stay away from THEM because THEY were mentally unstable, yet he still maintained contact with them. My abuser was far more clever than the one depicted here. When we bought a house he picked one with no functional windows facing the road. All the main rooms faced the back because of the 'view'. Also it was at the end of a cul-de-sac....no traffic. Oh, he was a clever one but I divorced him now I am safe.

Don't trust anyone with a "man" bun. Peace

Very nice 👌

WOAH

Wow

Sad😢😢😢

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Great suburban crime thriller! I was instantly pulled into the main character's head as the initial phone call set the tone to the film. Some unsettling feeling was something that truly made me uneasy, the hint of violence in some shots, the choice of music and other details. Especially some notes played on the piano as a dark theme. Felt uncomfortable to me. The acting was interesting, that you made something *difficult* with just a man walking on a street and doing phone calls. At times though I just could sense it was a little bit *too obvious* that acting was involved to show emotional range to the viewers of the film. The acting could have been a little bit more nuanced still it was impressive to look at. I have recently started to think myself that it's better to do something interesting with acting than just "being nuanced" and doing nothing interesting at all! Great atmosphere in this one, a sense of urgency and realism and real scares to add to that! One started to wonder if David Lynch was an inspiration for this work. The idea of crimes happening to ordinary people in a suburban setting just like in the TV-series "Twin Peaks". You caught a little bit of that feeling in this work from my point of view. It was something about the choice of music that just felt right. In some way the theme pulled me into a subconscious feeling that this is something I maybe have experienced myself. A good scare for sure! If you feel like it check out my computer animated film "Alien Forever" about a lone woman confronting an international war scenario in the future and learning odd details on the way. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9p9wMVGhBKE.html

Gut feelings are normally correct.

uh oh, I hope dead plants isn't a sign of poor character. i have lots of dead plants around my house...

What camera was this shot on?

Just call 911. Even if you are not sure.

Love it..keep it coming 👍👍👍

So close...yet so far.

I escaped an abusive spouse decades ago. I convinced him to sign for a loan on a car for me (put the car in my name) so he didnt have to get up early every day and drive me to work. within days of getting the car I stopped working, packed up 95% of my stuff (I left clothes hanging in the closet so he wd think i was coming back and wouldnt look for me immediately) and quietly left while he was still sleeping, put my dog, my small tv, my clothes and 50 lbs dog food in my car, and very quietly drove away, 80 miles to my sister who lived in a house under a another name so he never found me. He staked out my parents house for a long time, but i never went there, i saw my parents in town instead. I got a divorce got another job, met my current hubby (now married almost 50 yrs). ladies GET OUT and DONT TELL or even HINT that youre doing anything different; and DONT GO where he can find you. ASK GOD to give you an idea of how to get out.

Love the film but why does he enjoy walking the neighborhood every time he's on the phone no matter the weather?lol

The atmosphere was amazing. The filmmaker did a great job of creating tension so that though most of the film was Eli talking on his phone, it felt like a lot was going on. This is one I'll save to re-watch and send to my friends. I think the filmmaker leaves us with two takeaways: 1) If you see something that looks like someone is being harmed, it's always better to err on the side of caution and call 911, even if it's just to ask the police to do a health and safety check. 2) It's dangerous to live near show business people. Especially if they're actors. Look at Phil Spector - Killer; Fatty Arbuckle - Killer; Natalie Woods' friends - Killers; OJ Simpson - Perhaps a Killer; Matthew Broderick - Killer; Alec Baldwin - Killer, Rebecca Gayheart, - Killer. When you look at it, let's say you pick 100 random people from the office building where you work, I bet none of them have ever killed anyone. Meanwhile, out of a hundred random actors, I bet at least 80 or 90 of them have taken a life. Now we have to add Kyle, from this short film. I think the Screen Actor's Guild has more killers on their payroll than the Gambino Family.

Oof wow 🥺

Hoy en día nadie quiere meterse en asuntos ajenos de pareja 🤷‍♀️

i 🥺 m alone

Почему все винят соседа, который не вмешался? Он вмешался, подошел и позвонил в звонок. Но женщина решила, что как можно обвинять мужика? Ну, ударил, подумаешь... научите женщин ценить себя! А не держаться за штаны в доме

He never wanted to get married..that why he imagined dragons

Does that mean Kyle got the part?

How did the woman die?

So, he should have kept to himself. Weird people and things happen but sometimes.......common sense.......DO NOT RING THE DOOR BELL. .......duh! He might have gone after him!!! All well, maybe the next neighbors and nice and have a cute dog. Muffin? Enjoy your day. ERIK

But.... There were no police just a ambulance.Sooo she died from medical conditions. It would have been taped off too if were any kind of investigation.

He doesn't let who ever he talking to on the phone answer ughhh and that sucks what happens in the neighbor though he interfered he should have interfered twice

Well I mean, she had someone there listening and she could have said there was an issue. I know it's hard but in a real life situation if they say no you can't demand they let you in or tell the truth.

My neighbors are criminals for real, like lots of cars, wierd transactions in the middle of the night, all sorts of shit and police won't help me, it's f up

Man buns are not for everybody

Wow! What a poignant movie. Its so important that if you see something, say something. Even if it comes to nothing, you tried! Listen to that inner voice, or that feeling in your body telling you something is wrong. Shouting it sometimes!! You could make the difference between life and death.

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Honestly I don't see where the breakthrough in this movie is at all, it's all pretty predictable. Nice effort though.

Where the f*** is he walking? He's just "out for a [long] walk, in a suit, in a community *not* built for walking"? What adult takes a purposeless walk in a suit, tie, & dress shoes, in a car-based suburb with nothing in walking distance?

But she got neighbors help but turned him away why?

The real crime was his hair-do.

The plot line was somewhat predictable.

Too painful to watch.

I no understand why film win award 😴