A quick look on Bill Skarsgård's resume here and this short came up as his character is described as a teenage Nosferatu and this came up way before Robert Eggers
cast him in the Nosferatu role in his upcoming remake of the 1922 film (as of the date I write this, Bill is attached to the film). So, I went out of curiosity just to see what
it was all about: a silent short film made on the same aesthetic and presentation from classic films of the silent era with a camera from the early 1920's used but with
some modern settings to compose its bizarre little story of a maid driven to insanity by her boss and his kids (two hungry small twins; and Bill as a vampire style teen who
drinks a lot of...milk!). It's the poor maid's meltdown which makes it all the more interesting.
Since I don't speak Swedish and the title card with the dialogues and scene descriptions are in that language (no captions available), I just went following the action and actor's expressions (and they're all very good), and also because cinema is a world language that viewers are quite familiar in breaking down what's going on. I might have lost some of the odd humor from the dialogue but I wasn't completely lost in how each character act from scene to scene - I was a little lost when the maid calls a kid and they exchange a few words and I couldn't figure who that was (maybe her son) and why he never appears again.
I might not sound too enthusiastic about it but I liked it. It's a cool tribute to a long gone cinema era, which is adored by some, despised by others and quite unknown to moviegoers, and having Bill Skarsgård's name attached to it it makes it all more interesting in conquering new audiences to this project. He has a striking presence here, appearing out of the blue behind the fridge door scarring the poor maid, and of all the family members he's kind of adorable even though a frightening character (but the kids are way more scary demanding food all the time). Works more as a comedy with traces of horror rather than a tribute to silent horror films. 6/10.
Since I don't speak Swedish and the title card with the dialogues and scene descriptions are in that language (no captions available), I just went following the action and actor's expressions (and they're all very good), and also because cinema is a world language that viewers are quite familiar in breaking down what's going on. I might have lost some of the odd humor from the dialogue but I wasn't completely lost in how each character act from scene to scene - I was a little lost when the maid calls a kid and they exchange a few words and I couldn't figure who that was (maybe her son) and why he never appears again.
I might not sound too enthusiastic about it but I liked it. It's a cool tribute to a long gone cinema era, which is adored by some, despised by others and quite unknown to moviegoers, and having Bill Skarsgård's name attached to it it makes it all more interesting in conquering new audiences to this project. He has a striking presence here, appearing out of the blue behind the fridge door scarring the poor maid, and of all the family members he's kind of adorable even though a frightening character (but the kids are way more scary demanding food all the time). Works more as a comedy with traces of horror rather than a tribute to silent horror films. 6/10.
