If you enjoyed Together (2025), check out this thirteen minute body horror tale on Vimeo. It’s even more CGI-oriented than Together, but at the same time expands on the climax of that film. I can’t say I grasp the message, but I definitely dig the vibe.

I read somewhere this is supposed to be a representation of the well known stigma behind relationships (especially in young adults) “two become one” and if that’s the case i really fucking love this. Incredibly intimate short with some horrifying visuals and clever use of claustrophobic imagery, if you’ve been in one of these relationships where you kind of lose yourself and your individuality and you’re scared of commitment I think you’ll really dig this - can be found on Vimeo - hope it gets nominated for best short at the Oscars!

I'm not like, 100% sure of what I'm supposed to take away from this short. Is it about a toxic relationship? Codependency? Intense love and devotion that makes them blend together until you cannot decipher one from the other? I guess everything works.

What I can say for sure is that the body horror is fucking insane, even if I'm not the biggest fan of CGI but honestly, it works.
A gooey fleshy mess that makes you feel so oppressed and stuck with the characters.
It's weird but it's terribly romantic at the same time. More please!

No matter what, I'm yearning like a motherfucker. Couple goals despite the horrors™ on display.

You can watch it on Vimeo but you might need an acc. In any case, here it is.

I am never going to get this time back; and I mean that in a good way.

SPASM Film Festival 2023 #8
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A folded Ocean is a good short film that clearly focuses more on the effects that the plot. Both sounds and visuals were absolutely phenomenal and made me cringe as it was the goal. There wasn’t really any compelling story or fantastic acting, but it worked, the message was clear and it was actually short enough so I wasn’t bored at all.
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A folded Ocean est un bon court-métrage qui focus clairement plus sur les effets que sur le scénario. Autant les sons que les visuels étaient absolument phénoménaux et m’ont rendu malaisé comme c’était voulu. Il n’y avait pas vraiment de grande histoire ou de performances fantastiques, mais ça a marché, le message était clair, et c’était assez court, donc je n’étais aucunement ennuyé.

With the potential news of Together being plagiarized, I was more interested than even seeing A Folded Ocean, and while brief,
its foray into body horror created a horror image of this becoming so engrossed by each other person. Truly effective body horror!

Needed to see whether the allegations of Together’s influence (see ‘stolen ideas’) were justified.

Yeeeeeeeaap. 

This is cool.

Another pretty solid short, this time I got some really Raw and Bones and All vibe, the biting scene almost got me the chills as the finger eating opening on the latter movie. Once again, the visuals are incredible and you can see there was a thought put into the whole production design and cinematography. Acting didn’t have a lasting impression on me, but it was good I guess.

All in all, another solid entry where the message or the narrative for some reason was lost on me. Maybe its because I watched it early in the morning.

“I don’t know, I don’t feel like we did anything wrong.”

Stuck on You if it were made by the team behind He Took His Skin Off for Me.

As with most great body horror, the gnarly effect was highly metaphorical. The couple begins to morph together, first a little by little, and then they are consumed into a blob until they can slowly correct themselves. It’s obvious representational of codependency and how in relationships it’s not healthy to lose your self-identity, even if feeling one with your partner or practically being “the same person” is fun at first. This would explain why the couple was so nonchalant about waking up fused together, which honestly was the most bothersome thing in the film before I connected the dots.

It’s a great bite-sized message that I hope never gets translated into a feature as the concept is admittedly one-note and basic— perfect for a short, though.

Codependency body horror is the scariest thing of all.

Together.

Goopy and squishy sound design mixed with some of the most unsettling imagery I've seen makes for a great short.