The Quiet (Short Horror Film Based on a True Story) 

When the fucking red car passed I pissed myself

I know some people are of the opinion that this was just a case of "tragic misunderstanding" but I think that he was doing what he was doing on purpose. Like the description says it was a game of cat and mouse. I think the guy was a predator who saw his chance, you can argue circumstance on several aspects I suppose, however I’m lead to believe he knew what he was doing. 1) In the first instance when he stopped and she stopped and he was unsure- why did he drive to an area with only woods and no houses to stop again? I think it's because he didn't want her to have anywhere to go, he could have called the mom and asked for a description at any time, or gotten out of the car to try to verify who she was, he had already driven by her at the bus stop so he'd seen her previously. 2) Then chasing her through the woods like that? Come on! Another instance when he could have called her Mum for advice instead of waiting for after the fact. 3) Coming up behind her and touching her and the most defining part for me- when she hid in the house and he stuck his hand in the window and caressed her head- as opposed to standing in the door, holding up his hands to show he didn't mean harm and trying to figure out a way to explain himself. I also don't believe he didn't see the body, the grass wasn't that high- he probably just thought she was dead and left her. I also think the Mom had an idea towards the end which is why she pulled back when he tried to reach for her. But that's my interpretation of what I saw, so... *shrug*

My interpretation is that the man the mom sent actually raped her in the end and thought he had killed her. He tried to play innocent by comforting the mother, but that last shot shows she's alive and will hopefully get justice. That's what I think because if he was just trying to take her home why would he grab her hair?

You know some guy has been chasing me let me just rest here in the middle of nowhere casually drink some water

I think the point was that the guy was never really "good". The mom caught the vibe & came to the realization in the end that she entrusted her daughter's life to someone who harmed her. Great story and very nicely done. Well acted.

this is why kids should take Self Defence classes.

so if the mom doesn't pick her up from the bus stop, does that mean she usually would walk that creepy, long way home alone???

I like to believe that she woke up in pain, and had a hard time calming down, then got up, and staggered home.

People say stuff like this is not that scary besides the jump scare, but if you are a parent then this is a nightmare. the very scary thing about this is that stuff like this happens so often and authorities are often too late. Edit: the mom in the film is stronger than me because i wound not be able to survive loosing a child.

People keep saying "I don't get the doll". Come on, think about it! I do get it - it is a symbol, a clue of what happened to the girl in the movie, I.E., she got raped. The way I see it, the man did find her after she fell, done a dirty deed with her, and then walked away from her. And remember, she is deaf, so since she can't hear him walking around, and did not see him anywhere, she thought it is somewhat safe to stop and take a drink. I can understand that, as I am deaf myself. (This video NEED to be captioned, btw!) The only one thing I did not get, either, is the ending - she is still alive and apparently muddy from falling. I can't hear her screaming, of course, so the ending was just confusing, not scary at all. Oh well, good try, I guess.

That car horn at 5:20 had me shitting on my pants.DAMNN.

After all that...to throw in a cheap jump scare at the end....I expected better from you, film.

This girl is a really good actor

The beginning was so sad; you conveyed her loneliness and isolation so well that I almost stopped the video. Very very well done, bravo.

My observations as I watched: The girl asks her mother, whether she will be at the bus stop, which indicates it isn't always the case and sometimes the girl has to walk home alone. If her mother always picked her up and for some reason did not come this time, the girl would have tried to call her. The man must know the girl; it is not a coincidence or meeting of opportunity. He must have been stalking her and knows she walks home alone sometimes. He was waiting for a time like this to strike. I don't think this is the first time the girl saw his van either; she started running almost immediately. The doll in the beginning is shown with the girl whispering 'I am going to love you forever and ever'...and the song as we see the van for the first time is "forever and ever" by Demis Roussos: indication it isn't their first meeting. The other indication they know each other: she doesn't try to call her mother (she doesn't know yet she lost her phone): she wants to deal with him alone. But she is scared enough of him not to make a sound as she has to practically rip out her hair. The clips with the doll are very clever: they show the dehumanization and trauma she went through. First clip with the song the man likes; then she cuts the hair (most girls think long hair makes them pretty, so she makes herself ugly on purpose or feels ugly); then the doll sitting in blood and his voice (obviously rape). Then her mother says she picks the girl up from the bus stop most days, but I get a feeling she lies about 'most days', as indicated by irritation of her daughter in the beginning of the movie. When the mother says, the girl doesn't wear the aid, because she likes the quiet, it's obvious the mother doesn't really know her daughter. It's obvious the girl avoided wearing the aid because of the bullying. And sending a man we knows so little "he doesn't know what the girl looks like" is not a responsible parent behavior. The scariest thought: the man has been molesting the girl for some time. The only explanation I have for the jump scare in the end (besides that it makes no sense) is the girl is alive and the man has her. No explanation for why the phone is a different one. And I think it would be better to leave the sound out for when the girl lost her hearing aid...

This girl is always losing things.

I was on board til she got to that wooden fence.. then the guy? Was he good? If so, why did he grab her hair like an asshole? And if he knows shes deaf why doesn't he get out of the car and signal in some way to her that he's friendly. Then the end.. so she's alive? Well.. thats great.. she can walk back home.. movie just couldn't really figure out what it wanted be.

I really enjoyed this. Both the director and the DP, deserve a lot of credit. Those landscape shots were beautiful.I loved how the atmosphere reflected her isolation. Even the way she was walking, at first, looked like she was lonely, someone with few or no friends. I hope you do a full length at some point. Well done!!

first it's scary, then the twist just makes it tragic. its weird, but i found the jump scare to be rather comforting; it tells us she didn't die after all

Bullying, one of most scariest think from this days.

2:06 What kinda bus driver lets a young girl ON HER OWN get off the bus in the middle of nowhere??????

GOSH WAS IT NECESSARY TO PUT THAT SCENE IN THE END

Hes obviously lying, he said that she "just vanished" when we see that he chased her and he knew where she was

Good intentions is the best I could say. That awkward grab through the broken window, those jump-scares, those scenes of the dolls that has no connection with nothing...

she can't seem to hold on to any of her belongings that she is so desperately in need of!

What I think is that she is the doll, in the beginning she is saying "I will love you" blah blah blah. Well the dolls hair is cut, (maybe that's a metaphor for something like she was broken after whatever happened) and then you hear the man saying that thing the girl said, only the doll sitting in a pool of blood, maybe he raped her before the fact and that's why she didn't want to go anywhere near that van because she recognized who it was. Also, if he wasn't guilty then why didn't he tell the police officer everything that happened? All he said was she ran out in the woods. Also the mans facial expression when the police officer left and believed what the man had supposedly done, it was like a wash of relief came over his face. I think he raped her two times, once before, once after he found her when she was unconscious. I don't know, that just my understanding of this.

That jump scare was cheap and unnecessary.

I feel the lack of sound could have been more utilised, but still very good!

why did that guy not call out to her?! I would have ran if some random guy in a van was following me without saying anything!!

holy crap i jumped out of my skin at the end

Not bad. But what would've made it more natural would be to have no score and only ambient sounds.

That frigging red car!!! It got me!!

I fuckin almost died when that red car came by and honked the horn.. fuckin car 😒😭😂

The ending is nonsensical and totally disconnected in feel, tone and atmosphere to the rest of the story. Everything preceding the final scene is excellent.

soooooo, it says in the comments stalked by molester which would explain the doll scene with the blood. and the hair grabbing can be linked to the fact he is loving on the dolls hair, however..... it also says killer, why in the UNNECESSARY jump scare does it show that she is still alive? oh and props to the whole " i am gonna love you forever and ever, as much as i possibly can" that was creepy!!!

This is how lack of attention to the smallest details escalates into disaster. All in life is details.

Hi. The song at the end is called 'Tarmac' and is by an artist called Beth Fouracre. myspace.com/bethfouracre

Not so sure if I'm right so correct me if I'm wrong. Basically what's going on is that the girl was chased by a molester which means that she was sexually abused. What's sad is that its based on the true story. The scream at the end was supposed to be a jump scare, its not on the case. Instead, she was decapitated. Read the description!

Why? Just tell me why they always run into the woods? I saw a house there!

If someone was chasing me, not only would I be flying like the fucking wind, I would be vaulting that fence like I was a god damn Olympian don't come at me with that "can't get over the fence" bullshit

Happy I found this - it’s disturbing for sure but very well done. The cinematography and editing is especially impressive & made for a visceral experience - as one example the scene where her hair gets tangled in a bunch of extended twigs (don’t recall if they were thorns?) and she’s struggling to dislodge it - I literally became anxious by that & for her. The accompanying mic work was good too 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Wish I knew what happened to her after she woke up in the forest.

As it went through I kept thinking, "What is she going to loose next?" and then by min 14, I realized, well... her life, probably.

the film was done very well because even though nothing was really happening throughout most of the film, it kept my attention all the way through. That is not easy to do without the usual gratuitous violence, etc. I was also curious as to the man in the van---was he a child molester, why didn't he try to communicate with her, etc? Very well done.

Really enjoyed it. The way it was shot is what i like the most. Filmmakers got style

Ok here's the complete story people lol, The girl repeating to the doll the same song lyrics to the doll, he to repeated that is being played loudly in van metaphorically or not confirmed rape(molestation) cutting the innocence from her youth as an infant by a fathers sick friend with a doll representing her He did find her unconscious and rapped her one last time(cutting dolls hair and blood), the song says loving you for ever and ever and something about meeting again.He has not seen her for years but they both won't forget for her that song, van, and sicko rapper friend of daddy and for him her hair, fair skin, first rape, and song he's now obsessed with.So he finds a rock hinted that she may of hit her head but she actually has been caught then rapped, and put in a shallow grave. So after she was dumped in a shallow grave. He has the alibi For cop and "Debs" Letting us know with the use of a nick name for the mum he'd known her a long time and that she doesn't believe his statement made was honest and is not liking him for obvious reasons. The coming out of the grave was only a metaphor that she was found eventually but still met her fate that day. That's what Happened your welcome

hi, what camera was used for this shoot? good color grading.

Brilliant! Been a horror movie fan for several decades (since childhood), and always love a good scare--on film anyway, and this one did that for me. Awesome! Keep up the great work! Love British horror especially! 👌👍✊👏

im getting chase by a killer but let me stop so I can get a sip of my juice...

Sadly this is a horror story that happens everyday everywhere worldwide.

I love it! Great colors, great shots, good construction of tension, great sound effects. Congratulations for the work (:

THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT FILM! twists, turns, silence and tons to say all at the same time - great job!

"Running from your life from Shia LaBeouf"

I only watch short horror films that are 8 minutes or less, and I accidentally clicked on this one while carrying Doritos and a pb&j to bed. It was so good that I watched the whole thing after checking how long it was! Usually I check the time and immediately click out, so job well done :)

OMFG WHEN THE RED CAR CAME I LITERALLY SHIVERED

Incredibly well done! Great acting on the girl's part, perfect timing with the music too.

I am totally confused with the ending. When he was describing what happened he didn't mention he ran after her into the woods, and she went to that old house or old place. Why? Did he do something to the girl? And, at @18:36, what exactly happened?

Twas breathtaking! I feel sad for the girl. Really she don't deserve that.

this film is so scary and stressful, specialy when you known it's based on a true story...poor girl...:(

The sad thing is, a great deal of cases where children are molested and killed are indeed committed by someone who knew the family. Knew their circumstances, knew their schedules, etc. This is sadly representative of many cases perpetrated across the planet every day.

How come the title says this is based on a true story and yet the disclaimer at the end says this is fictional and characters not real? WTF?

At 5:15 - How many jumped out of your seats when the red car sped by the girl😲? Interesting film, yet how horrifying for what happened in real life. I will always believe that those whose life ended in violence, and never found, their souls will never rest until their bodies are found and the killer is brought to justice.

I thought this would turn out that way, but the dude should have been more vocal than act like some creeper running after a young girl. And who sends a stranger to pick up their teenage girl? I'd be terrified if a man I don't know drive up to me in a van and said "Hey, your mom asked me to pick you up." Um, can you say stranger danger? |:

Loved the doll idea, hated the jump scare. The bleeding doll scene could have done a perfect ending, nice job.

"Based off a true story" is not the same as "Recreation of a true story." Obviously many details were changed, starting with the circumstances behind the girl being chased and how the story ends. The basic elements are there but the story itself is new. I feel the "jump scare" at the end could imply a number of different things. It could be a representation of the pain she went through before she ultimately died. It could mean that she lived for a time before dying on her own and she was expressing her pain then and there. In my opinion, I believe she died in this story regardless, partially because that was the fate of the girl in the original story, and also because you'd think if there was a happy ending to this the happy ending would've been told. All of this is of course my own opinion and interpretation of the story being told here. Take that as you will.

My heart almost ran out from its place when that vehicle came horning

Wow! What a twist! Awesome! That young lady was also awesome! Great cinematography! Loved it! Nice job! Keep it up!!

This is based on a true story, about an incident involving a school girl who was stalked by a molester/killer as she walked home alone after a day out with friends. Two weeks after this a young girl was found decapitated in the woodlands where this took place.

i don't get it at all? can someone tell me? it seems all films are either too obviously suggestive or not suggestive enough (for me)

It is a painful end to a lovely kid. For those who think that the end with 'dog and jump scream' sequence was meaningless, I have a feeling that the movie wants to express that the victim was murdered and her beheaded body was found by cadaver dogs. The scream represents her scream for justice. With the possibility of either the family friend (who was to pick her up) or someone else (depicted by another passing car at 5:21) being persons of interest, none can be confirmed to the crime. Justice seems to be pending in the case. I am not aware of the story but this is what I understood. My heart goes out to the victims and parents all over the world. Prayers! I often read of such crime against children from every other country. Such criminals should be behind bars for all their lives.

So the girl was never found or what? I haven't read that story

She's Usain Bolt one minute, then can't climb the simplest of fences the next lol.

Why everyone in the bus were red-haired?

I am deaf in the middle of a forest getting darker and being chased down ...but let me see down and chill for a minute

out of the whole thing the dog jumping out of nowhere made me jump....

Sexual abuse among the disabled individuals are far too common. I am a survivor. I am deaf, too. Btw, good film.

Genuinely creepy. I did have the odd feeling throughout that he meant her no harm, but I didn't know for sure, and that juxtaposition is what brings a psychological edge to the horror. Very atmospheric and well done.

Dan's friend Joan or Jon story is incomplete. He chased after her...clearly his intentions became devious. He said she didn't have her hearing aid on when in fact, she lost it after running into the woods. The mom seem to have a hunch something ain't right. The doll does seem to clearly represent she was assaulted and maybe they used the doll to represent what a 'helpless mute person' may feel like..a doll. Supposedly, the guy never saw this girl but she was smart enough to know something is off. To him knowing of her physical challenge, maybe to him; she was a doll, something he could play with. Great writing when it cause us to do some critical thinking...Thanks for the upload!

What I'm mostly confused about it why at first the girl is saying "I'm going to love you forever and ever, as much as I possibly can." I get it when the guy says it later, but why does she say it to the doll first... And cutting her hair? Also, is there some reason her hands are blue/white while she's cutting the doll's hair? Is that supposed to signify that she did die? The ending with her waking up with blood on her face was confusing. It was well done, but it wasn't very engaging to me, too much scenery and running around. That's just me...

It would have been cool if they changed the sound design a bit. Like, if she had her hearing aids in we could hear sound, but when she didn't have them in then the audience cant year anything either.

the beginning is asmr lmaoo

She loses her phone. She loses her ear piece. She doesn't just walk home. How does her hair get stuck in a branch for 5 minutes? How does she not know the area around her bus stop? How does the mother have a disabled child and isn't at the bus stop? I want to like this so bad but the list of nitpicking keeps growing. Hope to see more in the future its beautifully shot.

the jump scare is such a lazy ending... they obviously knew that there wasn't even enough in this to make it scary, so instead thought a cheap jump scare will make up for all the lacking atmosphere. Also what's the freaking point of those doll scenes?! They just seem implemented for the sake of saying "oooooh it's a doll! it's scary!!!"

My Interpretation is … She is Deaf ( Hard of Hearing ) so it’s hard to get around and she followed the van probably thinking it would led her home because her mom failed to pick her up but she didn’t know the man was her uncle in the blue van She noticed the van caught onto her so she ran away thinking the man had BAD interests but the man / her uncle didn’t know what she looked like and then she runs away she finds a hiding place Goes to sleep wakes up back on an adventure to get home sees a man think he has bad intentions and hides get caught Run and hide in warehouse and get. Caught again . Gets raped which is why we saw her hands like they were releasing stress and then see the doll in a pool of blood and then the police Come For a missing person report and she is still alive probably Traumatized which is why she screamed

So was he a killer? Or was he just trying to pick her up? Or was he meant to be picking her up but had other intentions?

demis roussos has never sounded so creepy af , good choice

I think i got it, was the doll supposed to represent her? and the dude in the blue van had like an insane perverted obsession with her?

Great job, losing children is always scary.

Hey guys! This was a very suspenseful film with a nice twist, and I think you did a wonderful job in keeping the audience guessing. I'm an animation major with an interest in post-production and editing, and I am looking to create a series of trailers and/or title sequences for several short horror films. I would really love to use your guys' film as one of them! I can assure you that it is merely for academic purposes and it will not be monetized in any way. I am doing this to demonstrate how to develop promotional material, tell a succinct, engaging story to captivate audiences, and to create atmosphere and evoke emotion. If you decline permission, I completely understand. But I would really like to use your film, as I think it is quite interesting and would be perfect as a trailer/title sequence! Of course, I will give everyone involved credit in the final product!

When he was chasing after her he could've been saying, "Hey! Stop! I'm only trying to help." SOMETHING! But, she did't hear him cause she's deaf. That's why we didn't hear him yelling anything, because we were experiencing what she was, and hearing only what she was hearing. And when she falls and gets knocked out and is lying on the ground unconscious, you see him in the background and it looks like he's still looking for her. All this making him look innocent. But, there's just ONE thing...why didn't he tell the cop about chasing her through the woods and grabbing her?

Also what the Hell was going on with the doll scenes? What was that meant to be about? I will love you forever and ever as much as I possibly can... Creepy but seemed to have nothing to do with the plot of the film.

The Ending was soooo horrifying really didnt expect that

Did the ending scare anyone else?

She spent how long in the little tunnel? and yet she decided to stop and grab a drink from her bag, knowing well she couldn't hear anything?! I don't get it. The ending though, reminded me of a scene out of the original "Carrie" movie. There were just to many predictable scenes. Why the hell she'd run off into bushland is far beyond me!!!!

Cinematography at its finest.

The fact that its based on a true story is the part that scares me the most.

It was a pretty good film that shows how scary it is simply to be a girl in our society but the jump scare at the end was pretty cheap :/

Great shots of the woods & the sounds & colours were very vivid... very well done!

7:08 This is why I have short hair

What's creepier -the guy or that fucking spooky ass house?? Nope. Wouldn't have gone in there! Scary film. Great job