A seaside B&B where the continental breakfast comes with a side of cosmic horror.
A rugged stranger, at a crossroads in his life, checks into an unassuming bed and breakfast hotel in a seaside town. Although initially disturbed by the peculiar mannerisms of its owner, the theatrical and mischievous Mr. Sands, he decides to spend the night. That night, a strange shape-shifting creature, known as The Manitou, creeps towards the strangers room, before transporting him to a parallel dimension.
Practical Effects
The Manitou's gooey, low-budget body horror hits harder than CGI.
Acting
Aled Roberts chews scenery like it's the complimentary breakfast.
Direction
Roberts packs a feature's worth of dimension-hopping into ten minutes.
Director
Will Patrick Roberts
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Manitou's practical effects were achieved with a mixture of latex and forced perspective, shot in a real seaside B&B in North Wales over a single weekend.
The title 'Skuzz' and the creature's name 'Manitou' deliberately evoke 1980s direct-to-video horror, when ten-minute shorts often played before features on VHS compilation tapes.
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