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A windowless and doorless house stands completely alone in the middle of an empty field. Text lets us know that whoever is holding the camera came across the abandoned place at random. A flat piece of wood hastily covers a crawl space entrance and our cameraman lets curiosity get the best of him. Inside he crawls and finds another opening, granting him access to the empty home. But of course, it ain’t empty and something awful awaits. At less than ten minutes, Obelisk is a nightmarish treat featuring some uncanny images and simple music haunting the soundtrack. It works because it’s perfectly suited for the analog chills it throws at the viewer. No answers are given and they really shouldn’t be because the confusion is most of the fun. With its nonsensical architecture and physics-defying structure, it works as a perfect nightmare for anyone who comes across it. As part of a larger series, it’s hard to rate because of its elusiveness and how it just feels like a smaller piece of a much larger liminal nightmare but it’s only eight minutes long and definitely taps into a reoccurring dream you probably had in you childhood.
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