A bagpiper marches into hell, but the enemy was waiting inside him all along.
In the midst of the Seven Years' War, a company of hardened soldiers force their young bagpipe player into battle, only to discover that their enemy is not what they expected.
Sound
Bagpipes mutate from martial to monstrous — sound as possession.
Practical Effects
Wendigo transformation that'll ruin your sleep schedule.
Director
Matthew Kravchuk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The wendigo here inverts typical colonial narratives — Indigenous horror weaponized against Scottish soldiers, complicating simple victim/perpetrator dynamics. Kravchuk (SCAD thesis film) deliberately courts discomfort.
HollyShorts 2025 selection. The entire wendigo sequence was shot in a single feverish night with temperatures below freezing — the actors' genuine shivering sold the possession.
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