One day, out of nowhere, we were asked to review a short film called ‘Out There’. Surprised we were that the 16 minutes that would follow would be some of the best screen writing that we’ve seen for a while.

Starting in the middle of the woods, Robert (Conor Marren) is not the only person left confused. Left battered and cut, it doesn’t take long for Robert to piece together the events that left him there and they will not be welcome. Brushing between the discovery of where he is with the recovery of memories of his partner Jane (Emma Eliza Regan). Searching for answers, the deeper he gets into the woods, the more questions he asks until the climatic end that makes Robert wish he hadn’t remembered.

This tense drama may only be 16 minutes long but has more pulsing hearts than some of what Hollywood has to offer in 90 minutes. Naming ‘Cernobyl Diaries’ for one. The dreary camerawork and the confusion of Roberts discoveries make ‘Out There’ a rememberable peace that wouldn’t look out of place in a Stephen King anthology blending the normal with the horror to come and when the film takes you on one direction, it yanks you back and leads the way to another. The simple plot and the emotional flashbacks may seem mundane, but what Randal Plunkett has done with this film is strip back all of the ghosts and ghouls to create a horror spectacle that brings out everyone’s fear… The unknown.