Blind 2017

I find myself really disappointed with this short. Whilst this started really well and Kawanaka showed real premise with his directing to make this a good horror film, the acting mid way through just really drops out. There's nothing to hold it. The suspense builds up, you feel anxious and then one of the actresses themselves ruin the moment with terrible acting that just does not hold. I'm surprised Kawanaka allowed this to be the final cut. Everyone but one actress does amazing work in this short and the fact only one ruined the entire atmosphere is really disheartening. A real shame because this had a lot of good premise and felt relatively unique for yet another cursed video piece of media.

I do want to say - the actress was very good but when it came to her main horror piece of acting and her death scene... it was utterly terrible. It is also really nice to see a female lead that isn't a floundering mess and can actually work towards her survival without this usual premise of being capable but making such bad mistakes, etc.

However, the rest of this film once it turns to the main lead is wonderful. With moments that had me watching the edge of my screen due to tension, making me laugh nervously and swallow anxiously, Kawanaka did save this. Whilst I do not like the mid-way part of this at all, the beginning and ending have very well done directing that really did get me like a horror film should. I just wish my rating could be higher, but the terrible acting ruined the entire mood and it took time to recover from it.

— Kai