Three minutes. One phone call. Zero chance you'll predict the ending.
Direction
Jordan's precise economy of dread in 180 seconds.
Sound
The call audio design will crawl under your skin.
Director
Carter Jordan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 3-minute runtime places this in the emerging 'pocket horror' festival circuit trend, where constraints become the genre.
The 'call' subgenre of horror—where phones become portals rather than tools—traces back to Spielberg's Night Gallery segment 'Make Me Laugh' and the infamous Japanese short 'The Call'.
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